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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Skoulding

Seriously ill refusing sick notes because they can’t afford time off work, heath chief says

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Very ill people are refusing to get sick notes from their GPs because they cannot afford to skip work, according to the new leader of Britain’s family doctors.

Doctors say they are suffering “moral distress” as they feel completely powerless to help some of the UK’s most vulnerable people, Dr Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs said.

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