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Medical Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish a consultation on fit note reform.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 25 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 27 Nov 2024
Answer: 3 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish a consultation on fit note reform.
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2024
Answer published
The call for evidence was launched under the previous government to seek views on how the current fit note process works and the support required to facilitate meaningful work and health conversations. It closed on the 8 July 2024 and received around 1,90...

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