Boris Johnson has refused the nation’s request for a sick note. As a GP, I know how hard that conversation can be
4 years, 10 months ago

Boris Johnson has refused the nation’s request for a sick note. As a GP, I know how hard that conversation can be

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Right now, it feels like Boris Johnson is having a giant sick-note discussion with the whole nation in trying to persuade people to go back to work. And when a patient says, "I've been told not to come in to work until I am 100 per cent better" it strikes a real note of warning and signals a confrontation or at least a difficult and delicate conversation. So when I hear people saying they can't go back to work until it is 100 per cent safe to do so, that conditions will be "unsafe," that parents are concerned that guidelines won't keep their children "safe," I am left biting my lip. Johnson, who gave us our first "sick note", is the right person to move the discussion on to "fit notes" and the return to work.

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We’ll end ‘spiral of sickness’ keeping people out of work, says Stride
10 months, 3 weeks ago

We’ll end ‘spiral of sickness’ keeping people out of work, says Stride

The Telegraph  

Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has said too many Britons are falling into a “spiral of sickness” as a pilot scheme aimed at tackling “sick note culture” is expanded. Greater Manchester – where three quarters of a million “fit notes”, as sick notes are now called, were issued last year – is one target area. In a speech …

We'll give you a sick note because we're too scared to say no! GPs admit they dole out letters to patients they haven't even SEEN over fears they'll get negative reviews online
11 months, 1 week ago

We'll give you a sick note because we're too scared to say no! GPs admit they dole out letters to patients they haven't even SEEN over fears they'll get negative reviews online

Daily Mail  

GPs working in the NHS are routinely writing sick notes for patients they have not seen, doctors have claimed. Some claim that doctors are 'too scared to refuse' sick notes because they worry patients will become aggressive or write a negative review of the GP practice on social media. In a major speech today, Rishi Sunak will warn that a …

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