One Third of Fit Notes Are for Psychiatric Problems

It has been reported by the BBC that nearly a third of fit notes are for psychiatric problems. The data comes from NHS Digital, which has analysed fit notes from December 2014 to March 2017.

The NHS, on its website page devoted to mental health issues, highlights the fact that work can be beneficial to health and wellbeing. Our next public course “Ill Health Absences – Working Towards Return & Setting Fair Attendance” examines how to develop a return to work plan with an employee who has been absent on long term ill health arising from a physical or mental health issue.

This course will empower HR professionals to keep control of the absence management process and to avoid long term resourcing problems with no prospect of any solution in sight.  The course also explores the limits on how far an employer needs to go to accommodate on-going absences and/or modifications to attendance or performance standards. For more details and to book, please click here.