Well notes
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Well notes
Everyone knows that there's a problem with the level of people on incapacity benefit in the UK, and there is good evidence that working is generally beneficial for people's physcial and mental health. But should we really be asking GPs ...
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Surely it's not only health and safety practitioners who are concerned about 'well notes'. It sounds like we should join forces with the medical community to expose some of the hidden implications...
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I've been talking to Dr Sayeed Khan, chief medical adviser at the EEF wgho is on one of the committees shaping the notes. He reckons GPs will not be asked to recommend on the type of work people can do, ...
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Well notes
Added: 17:33 20.02.2008
Everyone knows that there's a problem with the level of people on incapacity benefit in the UK, and there is good evidence that working is generally beneficial for people's physcial and mental health. But should we really be asking GPs to specify what work people are fit to do in a 'well note'?
If someone has a broken leg, it's easy to say that they shouldn't be involved in manual work, but that a desk job is probably fine. But if they are suffering from stress and high blood pressure and find their job particularly difficult, it's not such a black and white issue. How can a GP take the time in a five minute consultation to specify all the work which a patient can safely undertake. Do GPs know how to carry out a risk assessment? And should we expect doctors to start carrying out site visits now?
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