Mastodawn

This madness:

Wes Streeting is going to set the NHS in England targets for getting people back to work - this is going to distort behaviour in the health service, and of course requires the NHS to work to a data point (employment) over which they have absolutely no influence.

It might look good in terms of spreadsheet policy making but will be at best a diversion and at worse a major problem for both patients & health service staff.

Misguided & wrong-headed!

#health #NHS #workers
h/t FT

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Tiggy

@ChrisMayLA6

Idiots.
And given my experience of ESA, this will damage people's health.

DWP told me to go back to work immediately after one of their barely trained private doctors awarded me zero points. Even though I was signed off work so my employer (the civil service) wouldn't let me back.
Nearly a 10 mth wait for the tribunal, then the panel stopped partway through the questions because I'd already scored 25 points (I needed 16).