I am a member of an EU-funded international research group EU-HEMP co-ordinated by the Centre of Health and Social Economics at the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare. The group includes collaborators from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. The project (‘Cost-Effectiveness of Policies Aimed at Prolonging Working Careers: The Role of Health’) aims to produce evidence on the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation; strategies aimed at reintegration of disabled people, people on sickness leave and long-term unemployed people into the labour market; and policies aimed at extending working lives.