End the need for a fit note every 6 months for permanently disabled people.

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Background

End the need for a fit note every 6 months for permanently disabled people to reduce the time and cost on the NHS

Additional details

There are 16.1 million people in the UK Ringsted Disabled. Every 6 months they have to ask for a fit note from the NHS for there Universal Credit claim. Each case takes 1-5 minuets acuminating 1,333,330 Hrs of NHS Time. This would greatly cut back on wasted time and expense on the NHS.

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 709627.