Isn’t that because getting a doctors note or GP appointment is practically impossible?
I can see people pulling a fake sickie, doing a test to extend the time off sick, and finding that they test positive and have to be off longer than expected.
Yeh but that has been changed to remove pressures from GP's
People who aren't sick and want the time off will find ways to, might as well let them without wasting GP time
I thought they were changing it to help deal with staff shortages in key workers, basically get people back too work sooner