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Sick notes cost britain £100 billion a year

Posted by TrainingZone in Strategy on Tue, 18/03/2008 - 10:33

The findings of the first ever review into the health of the working population shows that ill health is costing Britain a massive £100 billion ever year.

The cost is more than the annual budget of the NHS and is equivalent to the entire gross domestic product of Portugal.

Dame Carol Black, the director for health and work and publisher of the review Working for a Healthier Tomorrow, is calling for urgent and comprehensive reform and a new approach to health and work in Britain.

Black recommends that doctors' written sick notes should be replaced with electronic 'fit' notes, explaini

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