A NEW sick note rule will reportedly be launched nationwide from November – and will see some GPs sending patients to the gym. The new scheme aims to give those signed off work access to ...

Almost every doctor has encountered this situation: A patient requests a sick note, even though, from a medical perspective, there are doubts about their inability to work. The demand for certificates ...

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

‘How will this get me back to work quicker?’ Readers fear plans to ‘scrap’ sick notes - YOUR VIEWS: As the government trials sweeping changes to the fit note system – including replacing some GP-issue ...

Signing a patient off work often becomes the only viable option when you do not have the time or relationship needed to delve ...

GPs will no longer issue sick notes as part of a trial to keep more people in work. A pilot scheme will see sick workers ...