Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 12 March 2007.
Rosie Cooper
PPS (Rt Hon Lord Rooker, Minister of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2:30,
12 March 2007
Can the Minister tell me what else is being done to help GPs get their patients back to work and whether the Government will consider allowing those not fully fit for work to attend very short part-time training courses to enable them to get back to work more quickly?
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