Sick notes ‘scrapped’ under plans to reduce benefit claimants - ‘Fit notes are too often a dead end,’ the work and pensions secretary said ...

In an attempt to reduce the workload of GPs, the UK is planning to introduce a new National Health Service (NHS) algorithm that will enable self-issued sick notes. The move is part of the government’s ...

Lauren Fox suffers from Crohn's disease and believes the Government's plans to reduce the role of GPs in signing people off ...

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for an end to Britain’s “sick note culture” in a speech on Friday morning. Sunak made the announcement when discussing U.K. welfare reform, touching on how many ...

DOCTORS will reportedly scrap “sick notes” under a new government trial designed to get Brits back working with benefits claimants soaring. It follows official statistics revealing that more than 11 ...

The Department of Health may have swapped Wes Streeting out for James Murray, but there’s one big issue that remains: the sick note epidemic. Reports of the crisis have been raging on for weeks.

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