GPs will soon be stripped of the ability to sign people off work as part of a major government initiative to crack down on ‘sicknote culture’.
Rishi Sunak today claimed that a surge in people signed off sick with mental health conditions is placing ‘unsustainable’ pressure on the welfare budget.
Delivering a speech on welfare reform, the Prime Minister said people should avoid ‘over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life,’ pointing the finger at people struggling with depression and anxiety.
Mr Sunak said ‘something has gone wrong’ since the pandemic to increase the number of people signed off work for long-term sickness, especially those with mental health conditions.
TalkTV's Ian Collins is joined by behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings. who says kids need to be taught the difference between mental health issues and “normal stress and anxiety.”
Jo says: “There aren’t the resources out there to explain it to people, so they feel they can’t work when they probably could.”
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18 апр 2024