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Article: Can we call it a day to the unhealthy attitudes of sick note Britain?
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- March 18, 2008
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The health of the nation is apparently in critical condition.
Once, colds and coughs were met with a stoical shrug of the
shoulders and a swig of buttercup syrup, but in recent years at the
first sign of a sniffle a growing number of people take to their
beds convinced they are suffering from some highly contagious
disease and certain they are in no fit state to work.
While most make a remarkable recovery, usually just before a
doctor's note is needed, those who find themselves suffering from
genuine long-term illness often find themselves being side-lined by
employers who simply don't know how to help them back to work.
According to the Fit For Work report, published by the Government ...