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    Centinaia di medici di famiglia dicono alla BBC di non aver mai rifiutato un certificato di malattia per problemi di salute mentale

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    1. Ver_Void on

      Seems like a problem with the concept of sick notes to me, if you’re having a crap mental health day you should be able to take a day off and wasting a doctor’s time doesn’t help anyone. Not like you can’t just as easily feign a headache or something else anyway

    2. The-Road-To-Awe on

      There’s been increased legal action and unfair coroner criticism against GP’s recently, and mental health is a subjective diagnosis in many ways. How can a GP refuse a sick note and be confident they aren’t going to find themselves the subject of an article titled “GP declined to sign off patient who killed themselves the next day” ?

    3. alinalovescrisps on

      Whose job should it be to issue fit notes if not a GP? Obviously if someone is under the care of secondary mental health services then their team should do it but if not then surely the GP. It’s a shit system for them because it must be really difficult for them to assess whether someone is fit for work during a 10 minute consult, but there’s no one else to do it.

    4. SimpleSide429 on

      GPs shouldn’t have to provide long term sick notes. After a set amount of time (a month?) patients should have to either see occupational health at work or start claiming benefits, where they would be assessed by someone trained in assessing work capability. If we’re being honest people off sick for a month with their mental health should be offered specialist support from the NHS too, but that doesn’t happen.

    5. nerdyHyena93 on

      Someone I know who works in the NHS called a GP to say he had suicidal thoughts just to get a month off. He then went on holiday with his partner for 6 weeks on some tour. I find it concerning that the GP administered medication to a person who has never taken them without a face to face consultation if I’m honest.

      I find it quite offensive because I actually suffer from depression and have a history of suicide attempts. It’s the people taking the piss who put the actual sick people at risk.

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