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Two-thirds of employers are experiencing the same problem with fit notes: inappropriate advice from the GP! What happens if you can’t implement it?
Published 10.01.2011
On April 6, GP sick notes will be replaced with new “fit notes”. These are supposed to slash the 172 million working days lost to sickness absence each year. But will they live up to the government’s
promises?
Published 23.02.2010
The government has announced that the national Fit for Work occupational health (OH) referral service will be closed in March 2018. What help will still be available for employers and is anything
else on the cards?
Published 15.12.2017
You’ve received a fit note from an employee but disagree with the doctor’s assessment and recommendations. Are you obliged to follow what’s been said or can you challenge the advice?
Published 22.04.2016
Whilst some employees will do anything to get signed-off work by their GP, others are reluctant to reveal that this has happened (usually because of financial worries). Do you have the right to be
told?
Published 29.11.2013
One of our subscribers has just encountered their first fit note. But they can’t implement the GP’s recommendations. So they’ve asked us to explain what happens in this situation and if there is
anything else they could do.
Published 11.05.2010
An employee is injured and is currently absent on company sick pay. As he’s not really “ill”, can you ask him to do some paperwork despite the fact that he has a GP’s certificate signing him off? Are
you able to challenge the certificate?
Published 12.07.2007
You know that a lot of sickness absence isn’t genuine. But did you also know that the fit note an employee provides could be a fake? What’s to know?
Published 18.05.2010
Any healthcare professional who’s a registered nurse, occupational therapist, pharmacist or physiotherapist can now issue a fit note. But are they able to sign employees off work for any reason and
give advice outside their areas of expertise?
Published 26.08.2022
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