Occupational Health

(asked on 23rd March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the results of the Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition will be announced.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 29th March 2023

Access to Occupational Health (OH) services can play an important role in reducing economic inactivity by supporting disabled people, and people with health conditions, to stay and succeed in work.

The £1m Fund to Stimulate Innovation in Occupational Health competition was launched on 30th January and aims to increase access to, and capacity in, OH. This competition focusses on innovative service models of OH and better use of technology to encourage access to OH for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed.

The competition closed on 20th March 2023 and assessment of applications and funding of successful projects will follow the standard Innovate UK processes. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application on 18th April 2023, with projects set to start by June 2023. After this, Innovate UK will publish details of the successful applications on their platforms.

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