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Someone sneezes at 9 pm. The throat feels like sandpaper by the next morning. They call their GP, and the next available appointment at the …

Feeling rough and dreading the call to your GP surgery at 8 am?  Thousands of workers across the UK now skip the queue entirely and …

A travel agent in Hammersmith once told a client, three days before his flight to Riyadh, that his medical certificate was useless. Wrong doctor. Wrong …

Online referrals have made getting a specialist referral easier than ever. A patient books a video call with a registered doctor, talks through symptoms, and …

Getting seen by a specialist through the NHS can take months, even a year in some cases. That’s the reality most people face once their …

Work stress has a way of building slowly and then arriving all at once. One month, the workload feels heavy but manageable; the next, a …

Sitting on hold at 8 am, listening to the same robotic voice telling you your call’s important. You stare at your phone screen while the minutes tick …

Colleges and universities have strict regulations and often want proof of the absence. The rules around what counts as proof are murkier than most students …

A few years ago, anyone needing time off work had to traipse down to the GP surgery, sit in a waiting room next to someone …

The rules around sick leave were written for offices, and they apply with the same force to anyone working from a kitchen table. UK employment …