January, 2019 - Vocational Rehabilitation Association UK

Social Prescribing

January 31, 2019

Advisers will be recruited to help patients live fitter, healthier lives and combat anxiety, loneliness and depression under plans to ramp up social prescribing set to be launched by NHS...

Updated Vocational Rehabilitation Standards of Practice and Code of Conduct

January 25, 2019

We're delighted to launch the updated Standards of practice and Code of Conduct for VR Practitioners. In his introduction to these our patron Professor Sir Mansel Aylward says, "Since its inception...

Work Life Balance

January 24, 2019

As we've moved into another year it's good time to think about our work/ life balance and some practical advice. The Mental Health Foundation suggests the pressure of an increasingly...

Reflections of rehabilitation professional: learning from our practice

January 23, 2019

In 1977 I started my training in rehabilitation medicine and rheumatology at Salisbury District Hospital, now Odstock Hospital. I was fortunate to work with the first academic in rehabilitation medicine,...

39% of employees say they have no workplace mental health support

January 6, 2019

New research shows that despite a broader mainstream awareness of mental health, not enough support is given to employees suffering in the workplace. A startling 39% of those surveyed said their...