Can vocational advice be delivered in primary care? The Work And Vocational advicE (WAVE) mixed method single arm feasibility study
Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Gail Sowden, Ira Madan, Karen Walker-Bone, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Benjamin Saunders, Martyn Lewis, Kieran Bromley, Sue Jowett, Vaughan Parsons, Gemma Mansell, Kendra Cooke, Sarah A Lawton, Catherine Linaker, John Pemberton, Cyrus Cooper, Nadine E Foster · 2025
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Gwenllian Wynne-Jones and a large team tested whether work advice can be delivered inside primary care in a 2025 feasibility study. Most people who take sick leave see a family doctor first, so early job advice there might speed return to work. Earlier proof covered mainly muscle and joint pain; this study opened the door to all conditions.
Nineteen patients joined, found mostly through back searches of sick notes. Recruitment and engagement targets were both met: over half of interested eligible patients enrolled, and nearly nine in ten spoke with a vocational support worker. Text check-ins and a six-week survey tracked progress. Interviewed patients spoke well of the process. The authors judge a full trial workable and worthwhile.
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| CREATOR | Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Gail Sowden, Ira Madan, Karen Walker-Bone, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Benjamin Saunders, Martyn Lewis, Kieran Bromley, Sue Jowett, Vaughan Parsons, Gemma Mansell, Kendra Cooke, Sarah A Lawton, Catherine Linaker, John Pemberton, Cyrus Cooper, Nadine E Foster |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |