Calling in to work sick will be easier from today as new sick note rules come in.
In plans that help to reduce the workload of GPs, more health professionals can now write the notes. Nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists can legally sign people off work from today.
Sick notes are needed after an employee takes seven days off work sick to prove to employers why they should be allowed to be off. Until now only GPs had the power to authorise absence from work.
