Links and resources
This section contains links to resources and other websites that may be of interest to healthcare professionals.
Consensus-based return to work guidance from the Royal College of Surgeons
Online leaflets offering patients practical advice on how best to get back to their normal lives as quickly as possible including consensus based return to work guidance. Launched by the Royal College of Surgeons with funding from DWP on 28 July 2008.
- Patient information - Get Well Soon (Royal College of Surgeons website)
Concepts of rehabilitation
Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of common health problems: evidence base - Gordon Waddell, A Kim Burton, Serena Bartys.
This is an evidence-based report on the better management and rehabilitation of common health problems.
- Full report - Concepts of rehabilitation (1.2MB)
- Executive summary - Concepts of rehabilitation (101KB)
Is work good for your health and well-being?
This review collates and evaluates the evidence on the question “Is work good for your health and well-being?” which formed part of the evidence base for the Health, Work and Well-Being Strategy published in October 2005.
- Is work good for your health and well-being – 257 pages (1.4MB)
Useful links
Access to work
Access to Work can help if health or disability affects the way someone does their job. It can provide advice, support and help with extra costs.
- Access to Work (Jobcentre Plus website)