Fit notes go live.
Today sees the launch of the new Fit Note, to replace the old-style sick note issued by GPs. From today, if an employee is off sick, after seven days of absence they will be required to produce a Fit Note from their GP, stating whether they are:
I think it would work better combined with proper expert input from Occupational Therapists who would be prepared to do workplace visits and also assess the home situation (no point saying you're "fit" to do a typing job if you aren't fit to wash, groom and dress yourself before work each morning). My GPs over the years have been really frustrated by some of the paperwork they've been asked to fill out about me where they are asked for knowledge they do not have and are expected to sign a statement as to the truth of it. Like the form asking if I needed assistance to have a bath, and the GP glaring at it in exasperation saying "well, I'd imagine you do, but how am I supposed to know? I've never seen your bathroom!" I can envisage the same thing happening along the lines of "how am I supposed to know if you have the strength and stamina to operate the Whateveritis machine? I've never seen a Whateveritis machine!" GPs are expert in general family medicine, not in workplace adaptations or employment law. VirtuallyMary |
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