Great news - DWP revised ;o)

[StaceM8]

Just received this email :-

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Hi everyone!

From June 3rd 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) began sending out a revised version of their much contended letter to GPs. This is the second time the letter has now been revised due to outrage by Z2K (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust), supporting charities, MPs, claimants, doctors and patients.

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The revised letter begins with “We no longer need Statements of Fitness for Work (known as Fit Notes) for your patient as they are fit for work”

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The letter then repeats this same statement and bullet points three ways in which doctors may still issue fit notes subject to their ‘clinical discretion’. This letter either assumes expert benefit knowledge or relies on the GP researching the links provided. While this new letter does give some guidance to GPs as to when they can provide fit notes we believe the letters continue to actively dissuades or stops GPs from making decisions that they should be able to make without interference from the DWP.

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We continue to campaign against these letters in all their forms - can you help by sharing the petition with your friends and family to help keep it growing and on the radar of the DWP? Use the buttons below to share on social media:

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Stace ;o)

(would make the smiley face bigger but not sure how to increase the size of the text ;o)