Thinking about getting a doctor's note may make you feel like you are ... it will affect your work for the next several months. For example, if you work with machinery and have broken your arm ...

And the practice is becoming common, according to research from Personnel Today and Doctor magazines. GPs say they are fed up with tackling the burden of Britain's sick note culture rather than ...

The GP elaborated: "For example, if someone has just had surgery ... In that case, I won't put haemorrhoids on the sick note, I will write 'recovery post-op'. "Or someone might be suffering ...

Dr Shireen continued: “For example, if someone has just had ... So, again, I don’t need to put that level of detail on the sick note.” The GP said in this case, she’d be able to focus ...