New policy direction and action can help reverse the trend of worsening health and declining employment in the UK, says David Finch The rise in the number of people claiming disability and health related benefits is unlikely to be a surprise to many GPs,1 who are often the first port of call for those with an emerging health problem. This situation has contributed to a wider recognition of the poor state of the nation’s health and the consequent social and economic costs. There has, however, been far less focus on the factors behind the deteriorating health of working age people and the erosion of the conditions needed to support good health. The policy response to date has largely focused on those people out of work with health conditions, but has failed to learn from previous shortcomings in the design and delivery of disability and health benefits. It has not delivered the scale and breadth of action needed to make headway against the long term trend of worsening health in working age people. The annual spend on disability and health related benefits in Great …

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支持健康有助于促进就业

大卫·芬奇 (David Finch) 表示，新的政策方向和行动可以帮助扭转英国健康状况恶化和就业下降的趋势。对于许多全科医生来说，申请残疾和健康相关福利的人数增加不太可能感到意外，1 他们经常对于那些有新出现的健康问题的人来说，这是第一个停靠港。这种情况促使人们更广泛地认识到国民健康状况不佳以及由此造成的社会和经济成本。然而，人们对工作年龄人口健康状况恶化以及支持良好健康所需的条件受到侵蚀背后的因素的关注要少得多。迄今为止的政策应对措施主要集中在那些因健康问题而失业的人身上，但未能吸取以前在残疾和健康福利的设计和提供方面的缺陷。它没有提供所需的行动规模和广度，以在应对工作年龄人口健康状况恶化的长期趋势方面取得进展。伟大的残疾和健康相关福利的年度支出......