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Practitioner 2010; 254 (1729):7

Helping patients back to work

30 May 2010Registered users

 In April in the UK the old sick note, which had survived in its current form since 1922, was finally replaced with the new fit note. 'The aim is to encourage patients to return to work sooner, by focussing on capability rather than disability, while at the same time simplifying the system and reducing the number of forms that GPs need to complete.'

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