GPs will be urged to refer patients to life coaches instead of signing them off sick

GPs will be urged to refer patients to life coaches instead of signing them off sick GPs may be urged to refer Brits to life coaches instead of just automatically signing them off sick, it was claimed today. 

Ministers hope the planned shake-up could help tackle the UK's sick note crisis, with a record 2.5m people now on long-term sick leave.

Fit notes — handed out by doctors, physiotherapists and pharmacists — are currently issued to patients who've been off work ill for over a week. The Daily Mail

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