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‘i Would Not Be Alive’: Anger At Sunak Plan To Strip Gps Of Sicknote Powers

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Doctors’ ability to sign people off work is crucial, say readers, particularly for those with mental health problems

Guardian readers have reacted with horror and distress to Rishi Sunak’s plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work, in favour of “work and health professionals”.

We received an unusually high level of responses to a callout asking people about their experiences of being signed off work and their thoughts regarding Sunak’s proposals.

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