Sheffield City Region Health-led Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mild to moderate mental health and/or physical health conditions; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN68347173
• Lead Sponsor: Department for Work and Pensions

Brief Summary

2023 Funder report results in https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-led-employment-trials-evaluation (added 12/05/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-10-28
• Study Completion: 2022-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 22 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6117

Inclusion Criteria

1. Individuals giving informed consent to participate in the trial and share data for the evaluation
2. 18 years or older
3. Registered with a GP practice in one of the following areas: Barnsley; Bassetlaw; Doncaster; Rotherham; Sheffield (If a trial participant moves out of the area, they will continue to receive the service, if feasible. If not feasible, they will be considered to have dropped out)
4. Wants to participate in voluntary support to sustain paid work
5. May or may not be in receipt of DWP benefits and with a self-defined low/moderate mental health and/or physical health condition which is an obstacle to them finding or keeping work
6. Individuals in work but off sick or struggling in the workplace due to a self-defined low/moderate mental health and/or physical health condition
7. Individuals not currently receiving employment support other than from JobCentre Plus
8. Not on a Care Programme Approach, receiving Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) support or identified on a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) register

It was decided that the following would not feature as part of the inclusion criteria: having sufficient command of English to take part in the procedure (because this could possibly be discriminatory and a small proportion of those referred may have limited levels of English, given the local demographic); physically capable of undertaking the study procedures (the ‘spirit’ of IPS is not to discriminate or base assessment on any factors other than the individual’s perception of their own capability); likely to be available for the planned duration of the study (in order to keep the criteria simple, this could be hard for a referring clinician to assess).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not giving informed consent to participate into the trial
2. Less than 18 years’ old
3. Not registered with a GP in one of the outlined areas
4. Does not want to participate in voluntary support to sustain paid work
5. People who are out of work but do not have a self-defined low/moderate mental health and/or physical health condition which is an obstacle to them finding or keeping work
6. Individuals in work but not off sick or struggling in the workplace due to a self-defined low/moderate mental health and/or physical health condition
7. Individuals currently receiving employment support other than JobCentre Plus
8. Individuals in the control group of the IPS Trial
9. On a Care Programme Approach, receiving Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) support or identified on a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) register

With regards to the exclusion criteria, consideration has been given as to whether individuals with a progressive condition (such as cancer, degenerative neurological disease etc.). The researchers decided not to include this as such individuals would not be likely to meet the inclusion criteria (the problem causing a person to be out of work, off sick or struggling at work must be a mild or moderate condition), but this would be assessed case-by-case and people with such conditions are not automatically excluded.

Individuals taking part in another similar employment trial at the point of referral would not be eligible to continue to randomisation. This will be determined by a question to the service user at the initial meetings. Service users will be encouraged to let their Employment Specialist know if they are offered other similar interventions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified