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Fit notes

A fit note is a doctor’s statement of an employee’s fitness for work. The fit note is designed to encourage employers, employees and doctors to move away from a rigid system of employees being either fit or unfit to work and towards a more flexible approach placing the emphasis on what employees are able to do at work, thus helping sick employees to return to work as soon as they are able.


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    Taking a history and making a functional assessment

    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2013

     During a clinical assessment, a patient’s history can be the key to helping an OH professional decide if someone is...

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    Line manager briefing on making a job offer

    by Personnel Today 13 May 2013
    by Personnel Today 13 May 2013

    This line manager briefing examines the issues that line managers should take into account, and the steps that they should...

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    Line manager briefing on interviewing

    by Personnel Today 10 May 2013
    by Personnel Today 10 May 2013

    This line manager briefing looks at the law and good practice on recruitment interviewing, including how to avoid bias and...

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    Government tells employers they can overrule GP fit notes

    by Personnel Today 1 May 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 May 2013

    The Government has indicated that employers may, in principle, be able to overrule a GP’s advice in a fit note...

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    The impact of carpal tunnel syndrome

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2013

    Alison Hammond and Anne Harriss discuss what to do when dealing with one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in...

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    Fit note gets mixed review from employers

    by Personnel Today 8 Jan 2013
    by Personnel Today 8 Jan 2013

    Four employers in 10 (38%) believe the fit note regime has been a significant step forward in how employers manage...

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    Why occupational health nurses should acquire leadership skills

    by Personnel Today 1 Jan 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 Jan 2013

    Effective top-level management requires both empathy with staff and the ability to apply leadership theory to practice. Sarah Witwicka and...

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    Non-clinical approaches to mental health

    by Personnel Today 1 Jan 2013
    by Personnel Today 1 Jan 2013

    Therapy is only one of many interventions that can help people with mental health problems return to the workplace. But...

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    Absence triggers still considered useful in cutting sick day numbers

    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2012
    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2012

    Line managers still tend to be the “gatekeepers” for absence recording in most organisations, latest research has argued.The study of the...

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    GPs ‘failing to engage with fit notes’

    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2012
    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2012

    The fit note system is not working in the way it should be, say HR professionals, who have complained that...

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    Occupational health teams and GPs discuss impact of fit note

    by Personnel Today 1 Nov 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Nov 2012

    A recent gathering in Wales brought together GPs and occupational health teams to discuss the impact of fitness-for-work statements on...

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    Legal opinion: Can a reduction in hours lead to a redundancy situation?

    by Holly Murphy 26 Oct 2012
    by Holly Murphy 26 Oct 2012

    Companies experiencing a downturn in business are increasingly looking for alternatives to redundancies.
    Recruitment freezes, unpaid sabbaticals and secondments have...

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    Case study: back pain and assessing fitness for work

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012

    Occupational health specialists Pippa Stanford and Anne Harriss outline a case study that considers the impact of a lumbar disc...

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    How to identify illness deception in the workplace

    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Oct 2012

    Government assessments of people’s fitness to work have revealed what occupational health practitioners have known for a long time: a...

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    Learning from a merger

    by Jo Faragher 27 Sep 2012
    by Jo Faragher 27 Sep 2012

    The organisation you work for has just announced it is going to acquire another company. Everyone is excited about the...

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