The bombshell study also reveals that more than a third (39 per cent) of recipients said it is easy to get one even 'when not ...

The factors driving sick leave culture can differ but are broadly linked to mental health, welfare benefits, and cultural ...

On 16 March the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, made headlines by declaring in an interview that there was an “overdiagnosis” of mental health conditions. The comment was made in the ...

Maya Dhillon takes on March’s talking points – what happened at the private special LMC conference, and what do the new ...

If that is what Streeting meant, then the evidence is not on his side. Ten years ago, a UK national survey of psychiatric ...

The ability of GPs to issue fit notes and deal with work and health issues is ‘questionable’, according to a ...

“Some others felt sick and spent most of the day at home. In the late evening, they realised they had not obtained a sick note. So, they went to the A&E department to see a doctor.” ...

GPs say they are fed up with tackling the burden of Britain's sick note culture rather than treating truly ill patients. They are swamped by workers claiming time off for stress, back-ache and ...

The full court of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna has issued show cause notice to Senior Advocate Rishi Malhotra seeking explanation from him on why his his senior ...

A year ago, the UK's then prime minister, the Conservative Rishi Sunak, announced "sick note culture" had gone too far. His work and pensions secretary claimed "mental health culture", Mel Stride, had ...