No more sick-notes. Just “well-notes”. Apparently.
GPs will be required to tell the employers of sick patients what tasks they can perform in a new “well note” designed to reduce the number of people on incapacity benefit…
Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, will this week prepare the ground for controversial change, saying that family doctors need to “change our sick-note culture into a well-note culture”. (The Times)
Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, will this week prepare the ground for controversial change, saying that family doctors need to “change our sick-note culture into a well-note culture”. (The Times)
Are GPs now to be expected to know the ins-and-outs of a person’s job before they give them a note, now? Are they to be expected to include every little thing that a person can do before they issue the note? Or is it just an ineffective and pointless gimmick? Answers on a postcard.
This is serious stuff and could really make a difference. You’d don’t need to know what someone does for a living to say “NO HEAVY LIFTING” or “AVOID USE OF RIGHT HAND”.
Isn’t it far more sensible to have this approach than the curent system?
Doctors don’t seem keen but employers will like it.
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