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Sick-note Britain: how social problems became medical problems

By:

Massey, Adrian

Publication details: London C. Hurst & Co. Ltd 2019ISBN:

9781787381223

Summary: The NHS is stretched to its limits. Yet doctors are writing 10 million sick-notes a year for people they cannot 'fix', while patients with treatable diseases queue for appointments. This is Britain's grave error: our hyper-medicalised society has falsely equated illness with unfitness to work - mistaking a social problem for a medical one.<br /><br />Dr Adrian Massey argues compellingly that we should leave doctors out of it and seek tailored, contractual, employer-employee solutions, but obstacles block this path: over-complex employment law; an outdated benefits system overburdening doctors and traumatising the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whittington Health Library Shelves	WA 400 MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00016195

Monograph

x, 345p. ; 22cm.

The NHS is stretched to its limits. Yet doctors are writing 10 million sick-notes a year for people they cannot 'fix', while patients with treatable diseases queue for appointments. This is Britain's grave error: our hyper-medicalised society has falsely equated illness with unfitness to work - mistaking a social problem for a medical one.<br /><br />Dr Adrian Massey argues compellingly that we should leave doctors out of it and seek tailored, contractual, employer-employee solutions, but obstacles block this path: over-complex employment law; an outdated benefits system overburdening doctors and traumatising the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work.

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