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I am going to explain why. We are referring to SSP and not to long-term sickness, but they are related to each other in our culture—our sick note culture in Britain today. Mental health now accounts for 50% of all new sickness claims, so let us bear in mind that when we are talking about SSP, we are talking about 50% of those claims being for mental health issues. What qualifies? A diagnosis of stress, low mood or burnout—all these are now signed off on GP sick notes. They are transient. There is confusion between transient life difficulty and clinical disorder.