76: Pain, Poverty and Employment

Published: Dec. 10, 2015, 2:50 p.m.

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In the second programme in our Good Work double bill we hear how people in pain and their families are affected by barriers to employment and support.
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Kieran McGee and his wife Anne-Marie tell how his neuropathic pain and a lack of ongoing support put an end to both his career and hers as she became his full-time carer. Angela O\\u2019Neill recalls having to leave the nursing job she loved and her \\u2018distressing\\u2019 experience of a poorly managed back to work scheme.
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Staff at the Health and Social Care Alliance set out how the Access to Work programme can help people managing long term conditions to overcome obstacles to getting to and thriving in the workplace. And Jason Leitch of NHS Scotland discusses the Glasgow effect \\u2013 Scotland\\u2019s largest city\\u2019s inequalities of health and life expectancy \\u2013 and how to reduce them.
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Find out more about the programmes and organisations featured in this episode: Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Healthyworkinglives.com (NHS support for people with long term conditions and their employers) Access to Work
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Contributors:\\xa0
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  • Professor Jason Leitch, Clinical Director of the Healthcare Quality Unit, NHS Scotland
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  • Kieran McGee\\xa0
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  • Anne-Marie McGee\\xa0
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  • Angela O\\u2019Neill
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  • Andrew Strong, Policy and Information Manager, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland\\xa0
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  • Louise Coupland, Health and Employability Manager, the Health and Social Care Alliance.
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#Carers #Epidemiologyofpain #Healthcarepolicy #Socialandeconomicimpactofpain #Unemployment #Work
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