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

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 ...

Doubtless she’d pored over that morning’s news before charging up and down the corridor at dawn to wake her parents. She must ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

Doctors are set to stop issuing traditional sick notes under a new government trial aimed at getting more people back to work.

For the second time in two years, emergency room physician Dr. Kay Dingwell watched as the governing Progressive Conservatives voted down a bill that would have prohibited employers from requiring ...

As the government prepares to trial major changes to the sick note system in parts of England, many Independent readers have voiced alarm over plans that could see some patients referred to work and ...