The Government said the move will cut the pressure on NHS doctors, particularly GPs. Fit notes provide evidence ... which applies across England, Scotland and Wales and is being mirrored in ...

The broken NHS is not only failing its patients ... is a significant brake on economic growth” and called for the “fit note” to be overhauled. He added: “The ‘fit note’ isn ...

A group representing nightclub owners says Scotland’s vaccine passport app is “not fit for purpose” and led ... of customers before they enter. The NHS Scotland Covid Status app launched ...

If there is no more funding but an expectation services will improve, NHS Scotland will also likely have to innovate rather than simply spend more money. Dr Iain Kennedy, the chair of British ...

Another GP from Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, who worked for a website called Home2Lab - owned by SomDoc - reportedly signed a sick note for two weeks after the reporter submitted a 30 ...

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Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland are the latest to give the green light to the government’s 2024-25 NHS pay offer. RCN Scotland has announced that 61% of its relevant members ...

Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday pledged to build an NHS that is “fit for the future” after a landmark report warned the health service is in “critical condition”. The report by independent ...

Bed blocking in Scotland’s hospitals by patients who are well enough to be discharged has reached a record high, according to official figures that prompted warnings the NHS is “creaking under ...

Cancer treatment targets are being missed repeatedly, as our NHS struggles to fight Scotland’s biggest killer. The Royal College of Midwives has warned that understaffing is compromising safety ...

The condition earned her the nickname "sick note" at work because she ... However Dr Alex Munnoch, an NHS consultant plastic surgeon, said that Scotland had a "very clear" policy on managing ...

In Scotland ... and the Royal College of GPs, notes that ‘one model would not fit all areas’. Rather than mandating one ...