22nd November 2013). The average monthly cost to the NHS of buying generic SSRI in England and Wales is £14/patient (Nice, 2004). Allowing for the growing costs of SSRIs this can parsimoniously be estimated to be £16/month; we can estimate savings for 6 beneficiaries over nine months of the WP following their experience of being on BO to be £844. Improved Well-being It is very hard to valorise well-being. Let alone improved well-being. Our impact data reported above suggest that beneficiaries have statistically significant improvements on all ONS wellbeing indicators. Our 1 to 1 in-depth semi-structured interviews with 40 beneficiaries also delivered strong testament to how far beneficiaries had come in terms of their improved sense of well-being: It’s (the WP) absolutely brilliant. I have never felt better. It’s really sorted out my mind. I have got a totally different outlook. Positive thinking. I have real consistent outlook on life…..It feels like a miracle. (Beneficiary N15) ******(The Worker) there and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I feel so much better in myself (Beneficiary N33) I found it (The WP) really useful…and I was quite surprised because I am 58 years old so I have tried everything and I have got the T-shirt. (Beneficiary N32) There is also additional evidence of improved financial well-being for beneficiaries. The WWQ included an item on perceived economic well-being. Table 17 Perceived economic well-being Living Doing Just about Finding it Finding it Mean comfortably alright getting by quite very scores difficult difficult Baseline 2% 17% 36% 20% 24% 3.41 (N=86) (n=2) (n=15) (n=31) (n=17) (n=21) 3 month 14% 19% 40% 21% 6% 2.78 follow-up (n=7) (n=9) (n=19) (n=10) (n=3) (N=46)
22nd November 2013). The average monthly cost to the NHS of buying generic SSRI in England and Wales is £14/patient (Nice, 2004). Allowing for the growing costs of SSRIs this can parsimoniously be estimated to be £16/month; we can estimate savings for 6 beneficiaries over nine months of the WP following their experience of being on BO to be £844. Improved Well-being It is very hard to valorise well-being. Let alone improved well-being. Our impact data reported above suggest that beneficiaries have statistically significant improvements on all ONS wellbeing indicators. Our 1 to 1 in-depth semi-structured interviews with 40 beneficiaries also delivered strong testament to how far beneficiaries had come in terms of their improved sense of well-being: It’s (the WP) absolutely brilliant. I have never felt better. It’s really sorted out my mind. I have got a totally different outlook. Positive thinking. I have real consistent outlook on life…..It feels like a miracle. (Beneficiary N15) ******(The Worker) there and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I feel so much better in myself (Beneficiary N33) I found it (The WP) really useful…and I was quite surprised because I am 58 years old so I have tried everything and I have got the T-shirt. (Beneficiary N32) There is also additional evidence of improved financial well-being for beneficiaries. The WWQ included an item on perceived economic well-being. Table 17 Perceived economic well-being Living comfortably Doing alright Just about getting by Finding it quite difficult Finding it very difficult Mean scores Baseline (N=86) 2% (n=2) 17% (n=15) 36% (n=31) 20% (n=17) 24% (n=21) 3.41 3 month follow-up (N=46) 14% (n=7) 19% (n=9) 40% (n=19) 21% (n=10) 6% (n=3) 2.78
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