Government must get behind rehab strategy - UKRC

It has written to government pressing the case for a rehabilitation strategy with a view to better co-ordination of resources, improved education for employers and public and more incentives for best practice. Sickness absence is estimated to cost the UK £26bn per year, with mental health problems the number one cause. Long-term sick leave cost the UK economy £3.7 billion in 2009, according to the CBI. , the UKRC has identified factors that hold the UK back in workplace rehabilitation. • Short-sighted management, who see rehabilitation as an expense and distraction from other prior...