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10 May 19
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Areas with the most sick notes per 100,000 population
Knowsley (Merseyside) - 3,125
Halton (Cheshire) - 3,043
South Sefton (Merseyside) - 3,028
Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - 2,992
Corby (Northamptonshire) - 2,963
Areas with the least sick notes per 100,000 population
Westminster (central London) - 688
Camden (north London) - 711
Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) - 800
Richmond (southwest London) - 802
Wandsworth (south London) - 918
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Sick notes, now officially known as “fit notes”, are issued by GPs in order to sign people off work following an initial seven day absence.
Some 6.9 million notes were issued across England between April and December last year, according to official figures from NHS Digital.
The number of people issued with sick notes in the latest month figures – based on December 2018 – varied significantly in different areas across the country, the data shows.
In Knowsley, Merseyside, as many as 3,125 sick notes were issued per 100,000 people last month.
Halton in Cheshire was closely behind, with some 3,043 individuals signed off work.
This is compared to just 688 in Westminster, Central London.
Of these, some 93.1% were declared “not fit for work” and 6.9% were declared “maybe fit for work”.
Mental and behavioural disorders was the most common reason for people being signed off work during this period, accounting for some 32.9% being issued sick notes.
The second most common reason, accounting for 16.7% of cases, was for musculoskeletal issues involving muscles, bones, tendons, blood vessels, nerves and other soft tissues.
Earlier this week, it was revealed why you should avoid seeing your doctor after lunchtime.
Many doctors feel so ‘drained’ by the afternoon that their performance may be compromised, according to new research.
Knowsley (Merseyside) - 3,125
Halton (Cheshire) - 3,043
South Sefton (Merseyside) - 3,028
Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) - 2,992
Corby (Northamptonshire) - 2,963
Areas with the least sick notes per 100,000 population
Westminster (central London) - 688
Camden (north London) - 711
Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) - 800
Richmond (southwest London) - 802
Wandsworth (south London) - 918
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Sick notes, now officially known as “fit notes”, are issued by GPs in order to sign people off work following an initial seven day absence.
Some 6.9 million notes were issued across England between April and December last year, according to official figures from NHS Digital.
The number of people issued with sick notes in the latest month figures – based on December 2018 – varied significantly in different areas across the country, the data shows.
In Knowsley, Merseyside, as many as 3,125 sick notes were issued per 100,000 people last month.
Halton in Cheshire was closely behind, with some 3,043 individuals signed off work.
This is compared to just 688 in Westminster, Central London.
Of these, some 93.1% were declared “not fit for work” and 6.9% were declared “maybe fit for work”.
Mental and behavioural disorders was the most common reason for people being signed off work during this period, accounting for some 32.9% being issued sick notes.
The second most common reason, accounting for 16.7% of cases, was for musculoskeletal issues involving muscles, bones, tendons, blood vessels, nerves and other soft tissues.
Earlier this week, it was revealed why you should avoid seeing your doctor after lunchtime.
Many doctors feel so ‘drained’ by the afternoon that their performance may be compromised, according to new research.
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Have you got any evidence to support the thread title...
The comment regarding doctors has no bearing on the title but does have a bearing on the stats you quote. |
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Haven't had a job since about 2007
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Never claimed a penny from the government mind
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... but to neighbours and friends, you will sadly always be known as a lazy B, no offence intended Denzil, they just don`t understand gambling. Good on you.
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Without doubt mac plenty ask my close family if I'm still on the dole and some further family think I'm on some high end sickness benefits.
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Have said this before on here I've got a genuine waster relative who's played the system to the hilt and is now reaping the rewards of the new relaxed caring attitude to mental health which is correct for genuine cases imo but for snakes like him is an opportunity.
He's basically a drug addict and casual drinker who has psychotic episodes due to drug abuse yet is enabled in every way by the state to carry on living as he wishes without reproach,his arrests are in the hundreds basically police don't care they're like his taxi service. Even managed to get himself locked up in a psychiatric unit and when they started to realise there was little wrong he decided to escape claiming suicidal thoughts,same happened when they were stopping his benefits police helicopters the lot were searching for him. If he can pull it off with his intellect I'm sure countless others are too. |
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You will always get folk abusing the system Denzil. Spoils it for the genuine claimants.
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