Frank Sidney Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 It's not really the idea that some people are malingering that offends me the most...Its said, rather well, by this comment under the article by a reader.. "Says a Prime Minster living in a FREE house, with FREE security and FREE transport for life, backed up by one of the most generous Gold Plated Pensions available to politicians in the EU. 'Free Loader Extra-ordinaire.' Then followed up upon being kicked out of office, will be his directorships of all the British Crown Jewels" Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065491/David-Cameron-I-end-sicknote-culture-acts-conveyor-belt-life-benefits.html#ixzz1ecDDaFLT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 the Prime Minster is working though, unlike these people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 the Prime Minster is working though, unlike these people. Thanks for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 the Prime Minster is working though, unlike these people. I've got no doubt that the prime minister is a talented, intellegent and hard working man. However, he has far more foreign holidays with his family than anyone I have ever met. He enjoys his privilaged position due to his coming from a multimilionaire family, who were able to maximise his intellegence and talent by paying for the best education money could buy. He can never fully understand what it is like for someone who is a normal person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 From the Daily Mail An expert report for Downing Street suggested more than three-quarters of GPs admitted they had signed people off sick for reasons other than their physical health. Civil servants, it said, took an average 8.2 days off sick last year. But while those at the Treasury took just 3.2 days, those at the Northern Ireland Office took 12.1 days. Guess how many I took. From the Guardian (the most unlikely of sources) Sick leave costs the NHS £1.7bn a year It seems reasonable to allow GP's to get on with treating sick people instead of having their surgeries cluttered up with malingerers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I've got no doubt that the prime minister is a talented, intellegent and hard working man. However, he has far more foreign holidays with his family than anyone I have ever met. does he, how many has he had this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 As been said before on other threads, it will just be a "box ticking" exercise carried out by a private business who employ monkeys which don't know their backside from their elbow let alone have any medical knowledge what-so-ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 QUOTE...From the Daily Mail An expert report for Downing Street suggested more than three-quarters of GPs admitted they had signed people off sick for reasons other than their physical health. It seems reasonable to allow GP's to get on with treating sick people instead of having their surgeries cluttered up with malingerers. END QUOTE Perhaps some of the GPs quoted in the Daily Mail who have signed people off for reasons other than there physical health, signed people off due to their mental health. Three years ago I was signed off work for 2 months due to a psychiatric condition and then had a phased return to work in conjunction with the Occupational Health Dept. at the NGH. Given that at the mental health charity Mind suggest that 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problems sometime in our lives, then many people who are off work for reasons other than physical health could be off for psychiatric reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 "Says a Prime Minster living in a FREE house, with FREE security and FREE transport for life, backed up by one of the most generous Gold Plated Pensions available to politicians in the EU. I wonder if the MP's pensions will be cut back like the rest of the civil servants and local government workers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshlad Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 It is about time the government clamped down on this. I haven't had a day off sick since 2004. Working is good for mental health so I don't see why people with such conditions are signed off for years on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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