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Delphi<p>Does <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tories</span></a> latest bad idea include a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cure</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/longcovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longcovid</span></a> or any of a thousand other debilitating conditions? <br>Of course not.<br>Luckily I don't have to claim <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> as I 'languish' at home with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trigeminalneuralgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trigeminalneuralgia</span></a> after 7 yrs training to get my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a>. But just like those who have to claim, I'd jump at the chance to have my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/working" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>working</span></a> life back.<br>More than any other <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a>, this one is so deluded they all think they're <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> experts. </p><p><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1896150/tories-plan-sick-note-britain-new-service" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">express.co.uk/news/politics/18</span><span class="invisible">96150/tories-plan-sick-note-britain-new-service</span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Yes, prime minister, it’s a scandal so many of us are signed off work</p><p>Maybe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> should stop making us ill</p><p>The numbers signed off work have surged in last 14 years because <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> governments us catastrophically unwell</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> does not have a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a> problem. It has a government-couldn’t-care-less problem</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/prime-minister-signed-off-work-tories-sicknote-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/apr/29/prime-minister-signed-off-work-tories-sicknote-government</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WageSlaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WageSlaves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeopleNotProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleNotProfits</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>This more or less nails the reality of why the numbers of people with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> issues is so high in the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <br>Having a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a> means you're <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> is so bad you have to accept an <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> so low you can't afford <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> let alone <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a>. Even if eligible nobody wants to try to survive on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StatutorySick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatutorySick</span></a> Pay or a#PersonalIndependencePayment <br>When you think <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> cruelty has hit the lowest, they go lower.<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/prime-minister-signed-off-work-tories-sicknote-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/apr/29/prime-minister-signed-off-work-tories-sicknote-government</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>We need to fight Sunak stripping GPs of the right to issue sick notes.<br> <a href="https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sunak-sick-notes-petition-kick?submit=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sunak</span><span class="invisible">-sick-notes-petition-kick?submit=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SickNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNote</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SickNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNotes</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPs</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>‘I would not be alive’: anger at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> plan to strip <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPs</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a> powers</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doctors</span></a>’ ability to sign people off work is crucial, say readers, especially for those with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> problems<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/26/anger-rishi-sunak-plan-strip-gp-doctors-sicknote-powers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">apr/26/anger-rishi-sunak-plan-strip-gp-doctors-sicknote-powers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryInhumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryInhumanity</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>‘I would not be alive’: anger at Sunak plan to strip GPs of sicknote powers | Health policy | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/26/anger-rishi-sunak-plan-strip-gp-doctors-sicknote-powers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">apr/26/anger-rishi-sunak-plan-strip-gp-doctors-sicknote-powers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SickNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNote</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MentallyIll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentallyIll</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MentalHealthServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthServices</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Suicide</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BMA</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WorkingWhenTooSickTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingWhenTooSickTo</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>If the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nightmare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nightmare</span></a> that is this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Govenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govenment</span></a> can make life worse each day it will. <br>A <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fitnote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fitnote</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a> in which a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/medically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medically</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trained" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trained</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/physician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physician</span></a>, usually a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GP</span></a> provides the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> reason someone either cannot <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> or they need a temporary <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> to do their <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> want to take this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/role" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>role</span></a> away from those who know about your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> &amp; can make a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/qualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/judgement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judgement</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.gponline.com/gps-lose-responsibility-fit-notes-government-welfare-reforms/article/1869515?bulletin=bulletins%2Fdailynews&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&amp;utm_source=20240422&amp;utm_content=GP%20Daily%20(56)::www_gponline_com_article_18695&amp;email_hash=" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gponline.com/gps-lose-responsi</span><span class="invisible">bility-fit-notes-government-welfare-reforms/article/1869515?bulletin=bulletins%2Fdailynews&amp;utm_medium=EMAIL&amp;utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&amp;utm_source=20240422&amp;utm_content=GP%20Daily%20(56)::www_gponline_com_article_18695&amp;email_hash=</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sickness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sickness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/illness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Andy<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hrishisunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hrishisunak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gp</span></a> GP’s are qualified to hand out sick notes, unlike the benefit office. Another disastrous idea from a failing Tory party, and here’s a petition to stop it.</p><p>Rishi Sunak wants to ban our GPs from being able to sign us off when we're sick! Sign the petition now and demand these dangerous new plans are dropped. <a href="https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sunak-sick-notes-petition?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=blast45005&amp;submit=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sunak</span><span class="invisible">-sick-notes-petition?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=blast45005&amp;submit=true</span></a></p>
Adam Dalliance#ukpol #sicknote
Auscandoc<p>Is it time to ditch <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SickNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNote</span></a> requirements? Doctors and patients are tired of them | CBC Radio <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-high-cost-of-sick-notes-1.7093843" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-hig</span><span class="invisible">h-cost-of-sick-notes-1.7093843</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-high-cost-of-sick-notes-1.7093843?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/the-hig</span><span class="invisible">h-cost-of-sick-notes-1.7093843?cmp=rss</span></a> “Patients hate having to ask for them. Doctors don't like writing them. But some employers across the country still demand employees get a sick note in order to stay at home for one or more days</p><p>They argue the notes shouldn't be required for minor illnesses, and have for years done little more than tie up an already overloaded health-care system.”</p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Out-of-work Universal Credit claimants will be stripped of all support if they don’t move into jobs<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/out-of-work-universal-credit-claimants-will-be-stripped-of-all-support-if-they-don-t-move-into-jobs/ar-AA1k2soP" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/money/other/out-</span><span class="invisible">of-work-universal-credit-claimants-will-be-stripped-of-all-support-if-they-don-t-move-into-jobs/ar-AA1k2soP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalCredit</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PunishmentForBeingPoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PunishmentForBeingPoor</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FreePrescriptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePrescriptions</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LegalAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalAid</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Hunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hunt</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MandatoryWorkPlacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MandatoryWorkPlacement</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DigitalTracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTracking</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FitNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FitNote</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/SickNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNote</span></a></p>
Ground<p>Listening to some <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sicknote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sicknote</span></a><br>It's a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rave</span></a> type of thing.<br>Here's a sample song.</p><p>Sicknote - Freelance Opportunist</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ecZgVVIwqtM&amp;pp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ecZgVVIwqt</span><span class="invisible">M&amp;pp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sicknote.bandcamp.com/album/holy-trinity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sicknote.bandcamp.com/album/ho</span><span class="invisible">ly-trinity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LivePerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LivePerformance</span></a></p>