Advice removed for GPs to provide notes for patients appealing against fit-for-work tests
Chronically ill and disabled people are being left for months without benefits because officials are sending “misleading” letters to their GPs saying they no longer need to supply medical evidence on behalf of patients who are declared fit for work.
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