'He's pulling this cheap populist ploy of blaming people who are sick...reprehensible.' It's 'disgusting' for Rishi Sunak to suggest that people are 'faking their illness' as he cracks down on Britain's 'sick note culture', palliative care doctor @doctor_oxford tells @mattfrei.
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei Absolutely brilliant call by @doctor_oxford
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei Time to end the lifestyle choice of giving endless contracts and grants to companies associated with the Sunak family... We need a full criminal investigation into this corruption, Rishi Sunak needs to be held accountable by the police. x.com/annettedittert…
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei Time to end the lifestyle choice of giving endless contracts and grants to companies associated with the Sunak family... We need a full criminal investigation into this corruption, Rishi Sunak needs to be held accountable by the police. x.com/annettedittert…
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei But forget that.
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei No, he’s just had enough and trying to address a genuine issue in the UK.
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei Abuse of systems - GPs should not be pressured by patients to do so - data published by the NHS shows almost 11 million fit notes were issued last year, with an overwhelming 94% of those signed “not fit for work”. A large proportion of these are repeat ones issued without advice
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei And it’s naive to think they are all being truthful
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei Absolutely agree with everything the doctor has said ... we can only hope for a Tory wipe-out in the next election. It's the Tory party and an inept corrupt Tory government that is the nation's sickness!
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei 100% - it does feel like a private company will probably make money out of this scheme if it actually is implemented too
@LBC @doctor_oxford @mattfrei It’s not just that. The consequences of this rhetoric & the impact of such a policy will ACTUALLY be a death sentence to some. This is NOT a game. Precedent was set with ATOS. Tories can’t claim not to know the impact!!