Online companies selling same-day sick leave for as little as £25 were criticized today for offering a service that “threatens to become a mockery of the entire system”. The letters, …
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We’ll give you a sick note because we’re too scared to say no! GPs admit they hand out letters to patients they haven’t even SEEN for fear of receiving negative reviews online.
by Alexanderby AlexanderBy Ethan Ennals Published: 09:06 EDT, April 19, 2024 | Updated: 09:14 EDT, April 19, 2024 GPs working in the NHS routinely write sick leaves for patients they have not …
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How teenage smoking rates have risen EIGHT-fold since the 1980s amid the UK’s war on smoking which has made smoking ‘unfashionable’ as interactive map reveals up to quarter of adults still smoke in some parts of the country.
by Alexanderby AlexanderSmoking rates among teenagers are eight times lower now than in the 1980s thanks to the Government’s war on tobacco. According to official figures, only 3 per cent of 15-year-olds …
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Alarm over rise in smoking among middle-class women as experts demand ‘specific intervention’ to counter ‘worrying’ trend
by Alexanderby AlexanderMore middle-class and wealthy women smoke than a decade ago, bucking the national trend. While smoking rates have decreased among working-class women, research suggests they have increased among younger, more …
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JENNI MURRAY: Rishi is right: my first fag at 13 had me hooked for 60 years.
by Merryby MerryI smoked my first cigarette at the tender age of 13. A blunt Woodbine, stolen from my grandfather’s pack. I felt dizzy and sick, but I was determined to persevere. …
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REEM IBRAHIM: If the world’s biggest nanny state doesn’t ban smoking, how does Rishi Sunak expect to do so? New Zealand abandoned the law introduced by Covid queen Jacinda Ardern even before it came into force
by Alexanderby AlexanderLast night Parliament voted to ban the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009, in a historic move. Rishi Sunak, the architect of the highly …
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How teenage smoking rates have risen EIGHT-fold since the 1980s amid the UK’s war on smoking which has made smoking ‘unfashionable’ as interactive map reveals up to quarter of adults still smoke in some parts of the country.
by Alexanderby AlexanderSmoking rates among teenagers are eight times lower now than in the 1980s thanks to the Government’s war on tobacco. According to official figures, only 3 per cent of 15-year-olds …
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More than one in ten ex-smokers who vape could fall back on Rishi Sunak’s plan to restrict flavours, government assessment claims
by Alexanderby AlexanderAccording to the Government’s own impact assessment, more than one in ten ex-smokers who switched to vaping could relapse into plans to restrict flavours. The Department of Health highlighted research …
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More than half of staff at Home Office headquarters worked from home last week despite the growing migrant crisis as critics demand civil servants return to their desks.
by Elijahby ElijahBy Gina Kalsi Published: 19:23EDT, February 8, 2024 | Updated: 17:48 EDT, April 16, 2024 More than half of Home Office staff were working remotely last week, even as the …
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Israel’s top general says Iran will see ‘a response’ despite Western calls for calm: Hawks demand Netanyahu crush ‘thugs’ amid fears lackluster drone bombing will leave Tehran ‘never closer’ to developing nuclear weapons
by Jackby JackIsrael has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack with drones and missiles over the weekend despite Western calls for calm, as the Middle East teeters on the brink of …