Wen
Rishi Sunak to strip GPs of right to sign people off sick
GPs face being stripped of the right to issue sick notes, as the prime minister says doctors are too readily writing people off as unfit for work. Specialist teams linked to the benefits system will instead assess the sick and decide how best to keep them in work.
Be afraid, very afraid. Those will be the same private companies who have already stripped benefits with no due concern.
#ToryCorruption #Disability
Epistatacadam
@Wen GPs will be glad to be rid of the task. However, as someone who has had my share of illness during my working life, I was glad I could get someone who knew who I was and what I was who could give me impartial advice on return to work.
I fear for the younger people in the UK. I wonder if he's ever had a life threatening illness: Physical or Mental?
ScienceCommunicator
"Specialist (benefit) teams (motivated to reduce benefit claims)" chosen by politicians, rather than, generally, impartial Doctors.
And yes, will the government 'out source' these "specialist teams" to private companies?
Basically, when money, rather than health, is the primary motive, whatever the Tories say, their plans will cause patentable harm.
General practitioners will know their patients far better than any "specialist teams" selected by government
Axel Foley
@Wen Thankfully, health in Scotland is devolved.
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