#BC to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/BC_changes_law_to_stop_employers_from_asking_for_unnecessary_doctor_sick_notes/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&utm_campaign=1eae0588b6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-1eae0588b6-632038545 Thing is… it’s been the Health Authorities that are amongst the worst offenders. “British Columbia's labour and health ministries announced Tuesday that changes would be made to the province's Employment Standards Act, which will stop employers from asking employees for "unnecessary" #sicknotes, Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside said.”
#SickNotes
Group representing physicians in Manitoba renew calls to end sick notes
Doctors Manitoba says physicians write roughly 600,000 sick notes per year and by eliminating them it can free up more than 300,000 visits for patients.
#medicine #health #efficiency #Manitoba #DoctorsManitoba #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/11080471/manitoba-doctors-sick-notes-group/
Group representing physicians in Manitoba renew calls to end sick notes
Doctors Manitoba says physicians write roughly 600,000 sick notes per year and by eliminating them it can free up more than 300,000 visits for patients.
#medicine #health #efficiency #Manitoba #DoctorsManitoba #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/11080471/manitoba-doctors-sick-notes-group/
B.C. family doctors renew plea to scrap sick notes: https://globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-c-family-doctors-sick-notes/ “British Columbia’s family doctors are renewing their plea for the provincial government to ban employer-mandated sick notes, saying the practice is bogging physicians down in red tape.
The BC College of Family Physicians #BCCFP says writing #sicknotes is “not a medically necessary service,” and leaves physicians with a heavy administrative burden that eats away at time better spent treating patients.
B.C. family doctors renew plea to scrap sick notes: ‘It’s really inefficient’
The BC College of Family Physicians says writing sick notes is 'not a medically necessary service,' and leaves physicians with a heavy administrative burden.
#medicine #family #efficiency #Health #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-c-family-doctors-sick-notes/
B.C. family doctors renew plea to scrap sick notes: ‘It’s really inefficient’
The BC College of Family Physicians says writing sick notes is 'not a medically necessary service,' and leaves physicians with a heavy administrative burden.
#medicine #family #efficiency #Health #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-c-family-doctors-sick-notes/
B.C. family doctors renew plea to scrap sick notes: ‘It’s really inefficient’
The BC College of Family Physicians says writing sick notes is 'not a medically necessary service,' and leaves physicians with a heavy administrative burden.
#medicine #family #efficiency #Health #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-c-family-doctors-sick-notes/
B.C. doctors want need for sick notes for short-term illnesses eliminated
The BC College of Family Physicians said recent survey data showed that 30 per cent of a family physician’s time has been spent on administrative tasks, including sick notes.
#globalnews #Health #BCfamilydoctors #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10891599/bc-doctors-sick-notes-short-term-illnesses-eliminated/
B.C. doctors want need for sick notes for short-term illnesses eliminated
The BC College of Family Physicians said recent survey data showed that 30 per cent of a family physician’s time has been spent on administrative tasks, including sick notes.
#globalnews #Health #BCfamilydoctors #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10891599/bc-doctors-sick-notes-short-term-illnesses-eliminated/
B.C. doctors want need for sick notes for short-term illnesses eliminated
The BC College of Family Physicians said recent survey data showed that 30 per cent of a family physician’s time has been spent on administrative tasks, including sick notes.
#globalnews #Health #BCfamilydoctors #FamilyDoctors #SickNotes
https://globalnews.ca/news/10891599/bc-doctors-sick-notes-short-term-illnesses-eliminated/
No more #SickNotes, Canada doctors urge employers | CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-a-group-of-canadian-doctors-says-workplace-sick-notes-need-to-go-1.7087329 “With a shortage of family doctors in Canada, sick notes are an added burden to the burned-out physicians, the group representing Canada's physicians said in a statement released Monday. The #CMA said eliminating them for minor health issues could prevent as many as 12.5 million "unnecessary" health-care visits in a year. (1/2)
Long-term sickness pushing more women out of work than ever before, study finds | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sickness-women-working-unemployment-b2542994.html
#LongTermSick
#ChronicallyIll
#Women
#TooIllToWork
#TooSickToWork
#TooDisabledToWork
#UnfitForWork
#TUC
#NHS
#WaitingLists
#PreventativeServices
#Sunak
#SickNotes
#DWP
#BackToWorkPlan
#WorkWell
#WomensHealth
#WomensHealthStrategy
We'll end 'spiral of sickness' keeping people out of work, says Mel Stride
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/07/mel-stride-end-spiral-of-sickness-people-out-of-work/
#Stride
#SickNotes
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WorkWell
#ForcedTreatment
#TreatmentByDWP
Why Sunak's disabled benefit cuts harm children like my daughter - Big Issue
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/rishi-sunak-disabled-benefit-cuts-children-sick-note-culture/
#PIPReform
#DisabilityBenefits
#BenefitCuts
#Sunak
#Poverty
#SickNotes
#CostOfLiving
#WaitingLists
Vouchers for disabled people is another end of a very thin wedge
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/04/29/vouchers-disabled-people/
#Disabled
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#WarOnTheMentallyIll
#MentallyIll
#ChronicallyIll
#Vouchers
#Tories
#UKGov
#SickNotes
#GPs
#DWP
#PIP
#Independence
#IndependenceRemoved
#ClaimingBackDisabilityExpenses
#Debt
#Poverty
#Stride
#Autism
#ADHD
#Anxiety
#Consultation
#NHS
We need to fight Sunak stripping GPs of the right to issue sick notes.
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sunak-sick-notes-petition-kick?submit=true
"Rishi Sunak believes, that we are “overmedicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life.” “Good work,” he emphasises, is good for your health.
“Good work” probably is. ...the deterioration in living and working conditions ... is making Britain sicker."
That point echoes my reaction to Sunak's words: the key is *good* work. Unfortunately so much of the work in our economy is actually detrimental to good health.
The rest of the article makes good sensible points to further reflect on what really ought to be done to address the growing sickness and disablement in our society.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-do-we-have-sick-note-culture-or-country-getting-sicker
#SickNotes #work #inequality
"Rishi Sunak believes, that we are “overmedicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life.” “Good work,” he emphasises, is good for your health.
“Good work” probably is. ...the deterioration in living and working conditions ... is making Britain sicker."
That point is just what I thought on reading Sunak's crass words. The key is *good* work. Unfortunately so much of the work in our economy is actually detrimental to good health.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-do-we-have-sick-note-culture-or-country-getting-sicker
#SickNotes #work #inequality
Prevent Rishi Sunak from Ending GP-Issued 'Sick Notes' - Sign the Petition! https://chng.it/tq2npX99Dw via @UKChange
#petition #SickNotes #RishiSunak
#Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system
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.
#Authoritarian #ToryScum #ToryFascists #Slaves #WageSlaves #sick #illness #SickNotes #FitNotes #medical #HealthCare #work
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