Rejected petition End the need for a fit note every 6 months for permanently disabled people.
End the need for a fit note every 6 months for permanently disabled people to reduce the time and cost on the NHS
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There are 16.1 million people in the UK Ringsted Disabled. Every 6 months they have to ask for a fit note from the NHS for there Universal Credit claim. Each case takes 1-5 minuets acuminating 1,333,330 Hrs of NHS Time. This would greatly cut back on wasted time and expense on the NHS.
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Fit notes are issued if a health condition or disability affects a persons capability to work for longer than 7 days. Fit notes are based on an assessment by a healthcare professional, who decide the length of a fit note based on their clinical judgement.
If a health condition or disability affects capability to work for longer than 28 days, a Work Capability Assessment can be carried out.
You can find more information on Work Capability Assessments and Universal Credit at:
https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-disability-universal-credit
There is also a similar petition relating to PIP assessment which you may wish to sign:
Stop DWP repeating PIP assessments for disabled people
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/703827
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