UK: Doctors will be encouraged to issue fewer sick notes

DigitalDrifter said:
I wonder how many of those are due to long covid?
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I have no idea but it would not be surprising if many were waiting for treatment for other things, with waiting lists lengthening astronomically.

The government seems not to have realised that a successful health service sone that minimises the number of people ill. Most people who know they are ill are waiting to be seen or treated.

Long waiting lists are not just a sign of inefficiency. They are a direct measure of failure.
 
One thing I've always wondered about is why the number of places for students at medical schools is so restricted in the UK, and as far as I can tell has always been kept low. When the number of doctors is too small why ration the number of student places?

I've always assumed that the UK government relies on other countries to train more doctors for them on the cheap, which obviously deprives other countries of their doctors. And those foreign doctors will only come here if there is a functioning health service to work in, the wages and hours are acceptable, and they can bring their families over to the UK. I'm sure freedom of movement in the EU was a draw too (no longer, obviously), for those who had the opportunity of becoming citizens.
 
Arnie Pye said:
One thing I've always wondered about is why the number of places for students at medical schools is so restricted in the UK, and as far as I can tell has always been kept low. When the number of doctors is too small why ration the number of student places?

I've always assumed that the UK government relies on other countries to train more doctors for them on the cheap, which obviously deprives other countries of their doctors. And those foreign doctors will only come here if there is a functioning health service to work in, the wages and hours are acceptable, and they can bring their families over to the UK. I'm sure freedom of movement in the EU was a draw too (no longer, obviously), for those who had the opportunity of becoming citizens.
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Thread here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/the-p...ave-their-home-country-for-jobs-abroad.32872/

Couple of relevant links in this post: https://www.s4me.info/threads/the-p...me-country-for-jobs-abroad.32872/#post-470240
 
Employment: People on long-term sick feel 'written off'
"Written off" and "ashamed" - this is how one woman described the experience of being on long-term sick leave.

Emma - not her real name - from north Wales, said she wanted to return to work but had lost her self-esteem and confidence.

It comes as official data shows those not working due to long-term sickness remain at record levels in the UK.

The Welsh government said it was working to help people with ill health back into employment.

Emma has been away from her healthcare role since contracting Covid and said she felt ashamed about not being able to return to her job.

She said: "I feel written off. I feel a lot of it was blamed on mental health."I was told that I should be mindful and getting out in the fresh air, which felt very patronising."

Emma said she believed that if her employer were to make some changes, she would be able to return to her role.

"I was told I'd need to complete a high number of hours on my first week of return - not all illnesses can accommodate strict policy," she said.

Nicola Allen from Whitchurch, Cardiff, started experiencing health issues during pregnancy and was later diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66201186
 
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