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Updated: Fitnotes to get GPs thinking inside the box on work capability

News | HSW
21.02.2008

The Government's proposed revamp of employee sicknotes could involve GPs filling in up to 16 tickboxes on patients' fitness for work involving activities such as standing or manual dexterity.

The proposed replacement for the Med3 form is likely to ask doctors to assess a mixture of physica ...

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