GPs plan to stop writing sick notes to free up time to see more patients

GPs plan to stop writing sick notes to free up time to see more patients GPs plan to stop signing sick notes, death certificates and disability forms in an effort to create more time to deal with their patients’ medical problems.

The British Medical Association (BMA) – the doctors’ union – wants GPs to ditch unpaid bureaucratic tasks that eat into time they could allocate to more appointments. Instead, it says much of the red tape should be done by nurses and even pharmacists. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Contract imposition forces GPs to consider all options in response The BMA