Article: GPs don't turn blind eye when it comes to filling in patients' sick notes ; I'm not quite sure how to write a 'well note': "Lord Nelson is well enough to play football as he still has both legs but, with only one arm and one eye, he might not be able to play in goal."

Article: Can we call it a day to the unhealthy attitudes of sick note Britain?
Yorkshire Post;  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......they are in no fit state to work. While most make a remarkable...how to help them back to work. According to the Fit For Work report, published by the...replacing the traditional sick note with the much more appealing...someone off as unfit for work, but would instead concentrate...a ...

Article: 'Sick note' GPs confess.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 22, 2003 ;     227 words ...DOCTORS are helping people to get away with taking extended 'sickies' from work by operating a 'sick note on demand' service, it was claimed yesterday. In many cases GPs dish out certificates to patients who ask for them even though they are probably fit to work. Some doctors even make up ...

Article: Sunday Comment: You're never too fit to get a sick note Dr Theodore Dalrymple on the mystery BA epidemic
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ......should produce a sick note from their doctor...they are absent from work for only a day. The...ever refused such a sick note, certainly not on...perfectly fit for work. No reasonable request...his staff went off work two days a week with...refusing to provide a sick ...

Article: GPs told to fight sick note culture ; SOPHIE GOODCHILD Health Editor
Evening Standard - London;  February 20, 2008 ;     236 words ......plans today to change Britain's "sick note culture" into a "well note culture...more likely to die or retire than work again. He is expected to say: "Incapacity...it is not their job to police the sick note system. Dr Peter Holden, of the BMA...

Article: 'Change sick note for the well note'.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  February 20, 2008 ;     193 words ......out plans to change Britain's sick note culture into a well note culture...incapacity benefit back into work. Department of Health figures...likely to die or retire than work again. Mr Johnson said: Incapacity...far from being bad for health, work is generally good for people...

Article: Doctors' sick note scandal.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  December 22, 2003 ;     122 words ......people get away with extended sickies from work by operating a sick note on demand service, it is claimed. In many...ask for them even though they are fit to work. Some doctors even make up non-existent...patient outweighed that to the Department of Work and Pensions and the Department of ...

Article: Doctors weary of sick note system
The Scotsman;  December 22, 2003 ;     683 words ......doctors feel the sick note system is compromising...the Department of Work and Pensions. More...and large extra work." The self-certification...doctor for a signed sick note. GPs generally acquiesce...their fitness for work. One GP said that...did not give him a sick ...

Article: 'Fit note' replaces 60-year sick note and aims to cut work days lost; POLITICS.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  November 26, 2008 ;     237 words ......return to full fitness. The sick note system has not changed since...would help the sick return to work quicker. The changes are expected to be made by 2010. Work and pensions secretary James...ill. Everyone has the right to work and we want to design a fair...

Article: LIFE: Is it too easy to throw a sickie?; An average of nine days is taken off work through illness,but is it becoming too easy to get a sick note? Gareth Bicknell reports.(Features)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......drag yourself out of bed for work on those dark early mornings...the du vet and forget about work. And quite a few do just that,avoiding the work issue by ringing in and pulling...longer absences that require a sick note. In fact, recent research shows...managers think doctors issue ...

Article: SICK NOTE MUMS WIN JOB FIGHT
Evening Mail;  February 27, 1998 ;     222 words ......after failing to return to work through illness when their...Save after she returned to work to deliver a sick note. Heather Crees suffered the...Rights Act and been ready for work on the first day after their...statutoryright to return to work". He said the terms of the...women to ...

Article: SICK NOTE MUMS WIN JOB FIGHT.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  February 27, 1998 ;     222 words ......after failing to return to work through illness when their...Save after she returned to work to deliver a sick note. Heather Crees suffered the...Rights Act and been ready for work on the first day after their...statutory right to return to work . He said the terms of the...women to ...

Article: Fight to end 'sick note' culture
Lincolnshire Echo;  November 21, 2007 ;     197 words ......new tests to stop the growing 'sick note' culture in Britain. Instead of proving why they cannot work, claimants will carry out a series...people off benefit and back into work each year, were published this week as Work and Pensions Secretary Peter...

Article: SICK NOTE CITY; We investigate blackspot where record number of people live off the State The Incapacity Benefit capital of Britain where 20 PER CENT of folk claim sickies.(News)
The People (London, England);  January 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Welcome to Merthyr Tydfil, the sick note capital of Britain - where 20...to live off the state than to work. It is a culture widespread...Rubbery, 38, said: Why SHOULD I work when I earn more on the state...hairdressing training, only wants to work as a receptionist but has no...

Article: New 'Fit Note' unveiled - Government gets rid of 'Sick Note' culture.
M2 Presswire;  May 28, 2009 ;     526 words ......Government gets rid of 'Sick Note' culture(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...to replace the current 'sick note' and help more people stay in work rather than drift into long...in work, and if they can't work what their employer can do to help them return to work sooner. ...