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The Minister of Health Wes is planning in the streets to demand employers to invest in vaccinations and medical examinations for employees, as he looks to reduce the enlarged government spending on hospital care.

Officials are looking for ways to encourage early health interventions in the workplace as part of the broader efforts to improve public health and avoid expensive hospital visits before next winter.

One official said: “We believe that there is a deal to do, but it will be in partnership, and not something that will be forced to work.” “It is in the interest of both employers and NHS.”

One of the suggestions that are considered to be allowed for senior employers to have a wholesale purchase through NHS To apply for employees, while another would enhance regular health checks for older workers to discover early signs of cases such as cardiovascular disease.

The government is currently spending 8 percent of its annual health budget – about 20 billion pounds – on preventive care. But it is expected that the cost of these interventions will rise in the coming years, as new medications to prevent infectious diseases, obesity, cancer and other diseases that reach the market with huge price signs.

Professor John Bell, head of the Ellison Institute of Technology, said: “There was a discussion between officials and the broader health sector on whether NHS could take prevention or not,” said Professor John Bell, President of the Ellison Institute of Technology. “Hospitals are a completely inappropriate place for prevention, GPS does not want to do so. I think we need new channels to make them work.

“Will the average employer be ready to pay for it? Yes, I think they will do,” Bell added, noting the benefits of work of maintaining good employees and trained in the workforce for a longer period.

The number and percentage of workers who have been signed due to poor health has increased rapidly in recent years. The number of “appropriate notes” – more known as “pathological notes” – issued by GPS increased from 8.7 million in 12 months to March 2021 to 11 million in the equivalent period to March 2023, according to NHS data.

The government official added: “There is also a problem in the form of economic activity that we realize,” the government official added. “It cannot be returned to the department for work and pensions alone to solve problems Slow productivity“

Tables to help people with long -term health conditions work at work is essential to pay by DWP To reduce spending on social welfare And enhancing employment, to be appointed in a green sheet next month.

Sir Charlie Mayfield, former President of John Lewis, requested to explore ways to enhance the role of employers in the health of the workplace. Stephen Timmes, Minister of Social Security and Disability, suggested that this may include employers to restrict the bill when people who suffer from patients or disabled people need specialized equipment or support to take over a new job or work.

“Companies can do more.”

He said: “One of the things you can do is to expand the amount of tax exemptions available to employers for medical treatments,” which indicates that this can also be used for occupational health. “Currently, you can remove medical treatment at a value of 500 pounds if this helps to return someone to work. You can consider raising the maximum here and expanding the scope of qualified support for tax dilution.”

Business groups have been pressed for more tax exemptions to reduce the cost of supporting the health of their employees. In the period before the budget last year, the Central Bank of Iraq called for expanding the scope of tax exemptions to facilitate employers to provide mental health support, offers, vaccines and treatments recommended by professional health specialists.

Streeting plans are part of a wider movement to try to transfer the costs of financing preventive health interventions away from NHS and to the private sector.

The Ministry of Health said: “We have already started experimenting with a comprehensive heart health examination in the workplace, and the worksheet in Britain will make sure that people who suffer from health conditions can flourish in meaningful work.

“Any other work will be done in this field in cooperation with companies.”