FIT NOTE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE ABSENT EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK

摘要

The system of doctors giving workers a sick note if they are ill has not changed since the NHS was created in 1948. Reform is therefore long overdue. The present system is open to abuse and more importantly tends to medicalise quasi health issues and perpetuate disability.rnIn November 2008 the government confirmed, after a raft of consultations, that there should be a shift from the sick note to the fit note. The fit note will therefore replace all previous medical certification as from 6 April 2010.