The fit note was intended to be used as a tool to encourage conversations between employers and employees about how an earlier return to work after sickness could be facilitated.
She recommended a change from our current sick-note system to a fit note, with early diagnosis and management of sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders.
The fit note was designed to create a management plan for a return to work, rather than an all-or-nothing scenario practised under the old sick note system.