Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system
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Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditionsRishi Sunak will today claim Britain is suffering from a “sicknote culture”, as he warns there is a risk of “over-medicalising” normal worries by diagnosing them as mental health conditions.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,...

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