Evidence for claims of employment being a health benefit to mental health

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Dear NHS England,

The NHS 10 Year Plan (https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publicat...) contains the following statements

Section 2
2.38. A major factor in maintaining good mental health is stable employment.

Appendix 1
2. Stable employment is a major factor in maintaining good mental health, and is
an important outcome for recovery for people with a mental health problem

3. The NHS is on track to support up to 20,000 people with severe mental illness
to find and retain employment by 2020/21. Based on over 20 years of research, the
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment model is internationally recognised as
the most effective way to support people with mental health problems to gain and keep
paid employment.

My request is

1) Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements that stable employment is a major factor in good mental health.

2) Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements on the IPS model as above

Yours faithfully,

Robert Ellard

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FOI, England (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24), NHS England

Dear Robert Ellard,

 

Re:     Freedom of Information request (Our Ref: FOI-059119)

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request dated 28 April
2019

 

Your exact request was:-

 

“The NHS 10 Year Plan
([1]https://www.longtermplan.nhs.uk/publicat...)
contains the following statements

 

Section 2

2.38. A major factor in maintaining good mental health is stable
employment.

 

Appendix 1

 2. Stable employment is a major factor in maintaining good mental health,
and is an important outcome for recovery for people with a mental
health problem

 

 3. The NHS is on track to support up to 20,000 people with severe mental
illness to find and retain employment by 2020/21. Based on over 20
years of research, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
employment model is internationally recognised as the most effective
way to support people with mental health problems to gain and keep
paid employment.

 

My request is

 

 1. Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements
that stable employment is a major factor in good mental health.

 

 2. Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements on
the IPS model as above”

NHS England holds information in relation to this request.

 

 1. Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements
that stable employment is a major factor in good mental health.

 

There is a significant amount of evidence supporting the fact that good
work is important to maintaining good mental health. Some helpful
references can be found below:

 

o Stevenson, D. & Farmer, P. Thriving at work: The Stevenson / Farmer
review of mental health and employers. (2017). Retrieved from
[2]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
o Waddell, G. & Burton, AK. Is work good for your health and well-being?
(2006). Retrieved from
[3]https://cardinal-management.co.uk/wp-con...
o Royal College of Psychiatrists. Mental Health and Work (2008).
Retrieved from
[4]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
o Vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness (2001)
Crowther R, Marshall M, Bond GR, Huxley P. Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews 2001, Issue 2 Art. No.: CD003080. DOI:
10.1002/14651858.CD003080.
o Supported employment for adults with severe mental illness. Kinoshita
Y, Furukawa TA, Kinoshita K, Honyashiki M, Omori IM, Marshall M, Bond
GR, Huxley P, Amano N, Kingdon D. (2013) Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD008297. DOI:
10.1002/14651858.CD008297.pub2.

 

 2. Please supply the evidence that you have to support the statements on
the IPS model as above

 

There is a significant amount of evidence supporting IPS as an effective
way to support people with serious mental illness into work. Some helpful
references can be found below:

o Burns T, White SJ, Catty J; EQOLISE group. Individual Placement and
Support in Europe: the EQOLISE trial. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2008
Dec;20(6):498-502. doi: 10.1080/09540260802564516.
o Rinaldi, M. & Perkins, R. (2007). Comparing employment outcomes for
two vocational services: Individual Placement and Support and
non-integrated pre-vocational services in the UK. Journal of
Vocational Rehabilitation, 27, 21-27.
o Heffernan, J. & Pilkington, P. (2011). Supported employment for
persons with mental illness: Systematic review of the effectiveness of
individual placement and support in the UK. Journal of Mental Health,
20(4), 368-380.
o Comparing employment outcomes for two vocational services:  Individual
Placement and Support and non-integrated pre-vocational services in
the UK.  Rinaldi, M & Perkins, R. (2007) Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation 27, 1, 21-27.
o The Cost Effectiveness of Employment Support for People with
Disabilities.  Final detailed report.  Greig, R., Chapman, P., Eley,
A. (2016) Bath: National Development Team for Inclusion / NIHR SSCR.
o The Centre for Mental Health has collated further research on IPS:
[5]https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk...

 

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Freedom of Information

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