'Sick-note' culture to be stamped out under radical new scheme

'Sick-note' culture to be stamped out under radical new scheme Anyone ill for more than four weeks will face a fit-for-work test in a radical new scheme aimed at stamping out the “sick-note culture” which costs the economy billions of pounds each year.

All GPs will be expected to refer patients to a company that will assess their ability to work and draw up a plan for their return. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Fitness tests to combat the culture of sicknotes: Britons who are off more than four weeks face assessment to see if they are fit to work The Daily Mail