Hundreds of GPs have told the BBC they have never refused to sign a patient off work for mental health issues. BBC News sent a questionnaire to more than 5,000 GPs in England asking if they had ever ...
Some 40,000 people were signed off with fit notes each working day last year, according to analysis by a policy thinktank, as it called to move the responsibility away from GPs. Based on NHS Digital ...
GPs were under fire again this last week. Normally, I’m the first to admit that general practice deserves criticism when things go wrong. But this time my immediate reaction was different: GPs need ...