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Helping people with health and work: what we learned

Posted by: Dan Austin, Engagement Lead, GDS and Lyndsay O’Brien, Senior Product Manager, GDS, Posted on: 19 January 2026 - Categories: Digital Centre, Digital engagement, GDS team, People and skills, Transformation, Ways of working
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We tested a new way to connect health and government support, helping people with long-term conditions stay in or return to work.

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