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In Touch: Employment statistics and a chance to feed into the green paper on Work, Health & Disability

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24/01/2017

Employment statistics and a chance to feed into the green paper on Work, Health & Disability

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Employment statistics and a chance to feed into the green paper on Work, Health & Disability

RNIB's Geoff Fimister comments on the government's green paper on work and disability.

RNIB's Geoff Fimister, employment advisor Caroline Stansfield and Prof Roy Sainsbury discuss the Government's green paper on work, health and disability.

Peter White is joined by RNIB's Geoff Fimister, disability employment advisor Caroline Stansfield and Professor Roy Sainsbury, to discuss the implications of the Government's green paper on Work, Health and Disability. Peter asks Geoff and Roy about the RNIB's statistic claiming that 1 in 4 blind people of working age are in employment.

Mike Lambert's latest column outlines his experience of the changing work place, where he feels there is now an emphasis on quantity rather than quality, which puts blind people at a disadvantage.
For more information contact the RNIB Campaign Hotline on 020 7391 2123.

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