About the Healthy Working Life programme
Healthy Working Life is the joint programme of the Combined Authority and the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) that will deliver the aims of the White Paper. The programme started on 1 April 2025 and runs until April 2026.
Currently in West Yorkshire, it is estimated that there are 101,000 people who are unable to work because of one or more health conditions. The £11 million for the ICB is to support 1,300 people who are (or who are at risk of becoming) economically inactive due to ill health to return to work or stay in work and remain economically active.
This investment will enable us to work together to help us reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes in some of our most deprived communities.