As of July 1, Britons will have faster and easier access to fit notes in Government efforts to crack down on GPs’ hefty workloads. Until now, it was just doctors who could authorise a fit note. Today, ...

The initiative, announced by the Department for Work and Pensions, will operate across four areas in England for up to a year ...

The government’s decision to extend the time period that employees can self-certify sick from seven days to 28 days has left some employers seeking guidance over how to handle employees who take ...

Six months after its implementation, how does the fit note fit into the workplace? Joe Paton and Emma Riches report on survey results from Bangor University. Bangor University has carried out a review ...

Fit notes are changing in the first major overhaul since they were introduced in 2010. New legislation to allow a wider range of healthcare professionals in Britain to certify fit notes has been ...

There will be times when people wake up feeling under the weather and have to let work know they will not be making it in. This is often a decision that needs to be taken in many cases but there are ...

The government has introduced new legislation allowing medical professionals other than GPs to provide fit notes for sick workers if they are unable to work. Under the new guidelines, nurses, ...

16:32, Fri, Apr 26, 2024 Updated: 16:32, Fri, Apr 26, 2024 Last Friday, the Prime Minister set out the case for overhauling the way we assess fitness for work, calling for an end to the ‘sick note ...