As The BSMHT Near-Foundation Trust Robs Money From Real Patient Choices So The MH Charities Are Now Into State Workarseing

So there you are 2 million saved in surpluses at the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust ..... Screw the real voice of choice of patients but never mind get the rest back to work ......

Bad old UserWatch UK also thieves the Telegraph's article below because the policy shit is hitting the fan in slow motion (predictably) and the Mental Health Charities though not named are involved in this new push to get the mentally ill back to work - BACK TO THE WORKARSES EVERYONE ..... !!!

" it might have been nice to have had some CHOICE of treatment first though "

say many ready to be broken on the Charity workarsed zeal-wheel

Gordon Brown to push unemployed into work

By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor

Last Updated: 8:26pm GMT 26/11/2007

People claiming benefits will be forced to undertake training to get them back to work under a package of sweeping welfare reforms unveiled by Gordon Brown this morning

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The Prime Minister said that private companies and charities would be offered new "incentives" for getting the long-term unemployed back to work and also pledged to close loopholes in the benefits system. Mr Brown said companies would be offered incentives for getting the unemployed back to work Mr Brown's proposals came in a speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as he sought to regain the political initiative following his mauling last week. He also indicated to business leaders that the Government would push ahead with plans to expand Heathrow airport, build a new generation of nuclear power stations and streamline the planning system. "Let us face facts – as a result of changes in the global economy, many of the jobs British workers do now are becoming redundant," Mr Brown said "As we prepare and equip ourselves for the future, many of the policies of the past are out of date, with no answers to be found in old dogmas – and long-term reforms changing the role of education and welfare – the responsibilities of the individual and Government will have to intensify and be stepped up," he added. advertisement Peter Hain, the Work and Pensions Secretary, and John Denham, the Skills Secretary, later set out the details of the welfare overhaul. Mr Hain said that those out of work and claiming benefits will be forced to undertake a "skills health check" to identify deficiencies in basic numeracy, literacy or language needs. Those who need further training but refuse to undertake it will face cuts in benefits. There will also be a major push to get lone parents and those claiming incapacity benefit back to work and changes to benefit rules to allow people to study without losing state handouts. The Prime Minister said there would be an "intensification" of compulsion in the benefits system in future but also greater incentives for taking part. However, the most controversial part of the package is expected to be plans to encourage the private sector and charities to run back-to-work programmes. Firms succeeding in getting the long-term unemployed back into work will receive bonuses. The plans were immediately attacked by trade unions. A spokeswoman for Unison said: "It is all very well for Gordon Brown to tell the bosses' union he is going to increase privatisation, but he must know that they are short on delivery and are only interested in lucrative contracts with no risks. "Study after study shows that the private sector does not deliver good value for money and walks away from contracts when the going gets tough." Recent statistics have shown a fall in the number of British people in work and the country faces a growing problem with teenagers who are out of both work and education. Mr Brown warned yesterday that Britain faced a growing skills shortage unless the problem is addressed urgently. "Of today's six million unskilled workers, we will soon need only half a million – over five million fewer," he said. "We have nine million highly-qualified workers in Britain, but the challenge of the next 10 years is that we will need 14 million – five million more." Following recent disquiet about the scrapping of taper relief on capital gains tax, Mr Brown also used his appearance at the CBI conference to tell business leaders that he would continue to "listen and discuss" concerns about it.