Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system
by Rowena Mason and Patrick Butler from on (#6M6D4)
Prime minister to express concern about over-medicalising' normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions
Rishi Sunak will today claim Britain is suffering from a sicknote culture", as he warns there is a risk of over-medicalising" normal worries by diagnosing them as mental health conditions.
In a speech on how to reduce people being signed off sick from work, the prime minister will say the government is planning to trial getting work and health professionals" to issue fit notes, shifting away from GPs carrying out this role.
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