Sick notes are to be replaced with "fit notes" in a bid to cut down the £100bn cost to the economy of workers' ill-health, the Government announced today.
The system of doctors giving workers a sick note if they are ill has not changed since the NHS was created in 1948.
Ministers said that, under plans to "significantly reduce" ill-health at work, doctors will instead issue fit notes which will specify what workers are able to do.
Additional Stories
- ‘Fit notes’ replace sick notes to keep patients working - The Times 26th November 2008
- Fewer staff to be signed off under new 'fit' notes - The Telegraph 25th November 2008
- Sicknotes to be replaced with electronic 'fit notes' in bid to cut £100bn ill-health bill - Daily Mail 25th November 2008
- Ministers back 'fit note' plans - BBC Health News 25th November 2008
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