More than 11 million sick notes were dished out by NHS staff in England last year - with GPs remaining silent on why they issued the vast majority of them. New figures published by NHS England show ...

How new 'fit note' system will work in England from November as Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirms reform so that GPs help patients back into work ...

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 ...

A young NHS worker with Crohn’s disease has said she is “terrified” by the planned overhaul of the sick note system, which she fears will make it hard for disabled people to work. Last week, it was ...

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 ...

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

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 given extra support and put on “return to work plans” ...

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.

GPs will stop issuing sick notes to patients across the country as the government announces a new trial to reduce the number of people out of work due to health issues. The trial will initially be set ...