IngentaConnect Employment Advisers in GPs' Surgeries: Some Potential Success Fac...

Abstract:

For a number of years the press has reported that the Government has been interested in putting employment advisers into General Practitioners' (GPs) surgeries. This sounds reasonable given the Government's Welfare to Work agenda that seeks to engage people on incapacity benefits in discussion about returning to work. Attempting to provide advice and guidance in the places that the target group frequent appears a good approach, but is it really a good idea? This paper examines some of the evidence of success, or otherwise, of advisory services delivered in Primary Health Care settings and attempts to elicit potential success factors and other issues around the creation of such a service.

This review found that there is little in the way of concrete evidence of the effectiveness of employment services that operate out of GPs' surgeries. We can, however, extrapolate key success factors and other issues from other non-medical, advice-based services that are hosted in this way. This paper looks at journal articles, newspaper reports and presentational materials in order to piece together common themes that may be contributing to the success of these services.

The full text electronic article is available for purchase. You will be able to download the full text electronic article after payment.

$18.61 plus tax Refund Policy

Employment Advisers in GPs' Surgeries: Some Potential Success Factors