fit notes

shellie65

hi can some one give me advice i am currently out of work now due to health reasons my doctor has signed me off from work and now the job centre have told me i am fit for work and says i have to look for work now and they have also put me on a restart programme which i think is unacceptable as i have been like this for 2 years now and the problems not getting any better they say if i dont go on these courses or other thing i will be sanctioned

SpudGunPaul

shellie65 said:

hi can some one give me advice i am currently out of work now due to health reasons my doctor has signed me off from work and now the job centre have told me i am fit for work and says i have to look for work now and they have also put me on a restart programme which i think is unacceptable as i have been like this for 2 years now and the problems not getting any better they say if i dont go on these courses or other thing i will be sanctioned

When was your fitness to work last assessed by your doctor?

sevenhills

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

SpudGunPaul

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

sevenhills

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

Grumpy_chap

sevenhills said:

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

But we don't have certainty which box is ticked in the OP's case.

SpudGunPaul

sevenhills said:

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

Above that box, you are not fit for work.

Diamandis

You would need to appeal the decision, it should say on your letter how to do that but ultimately if you can't show that you meet the criteria for enough points in the medical assessment then you need to do what the DWP ask.

sevenhills

Grumpy_chap said:

sevenhills said:

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

But we don't have certainty which box is ticked in the OP's case.

Which is why we are asking questions 

SpudGunPaul

sevenhills said:

Grumpy_chap said:

sevenhills said:

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

But we don't have certainty which box is ticked in the OP's case.

Which is why we are asking questions 

Do you accept a fit note can say you're too ill to work?

You seem to be making incorrect assumptions rather than asking useful questions. 

sevenhills

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Grumpy_chap said:

sevenhills said:

SpudGunPaul said:

sevenhills said:

Perhaps two years is the maximum allowed without further investigations? I was wondering about FIT notes, as I have a bad knee.
They don't say that you are too ill for all work, just certain types of work that would affect your ailment.
What is your ailment? Are you fit for some types of work?

What do you think the not fit to work means?

It says it there in your photo. You may be fit for work taking into account ..,..

But we don't have certainty which box is ticked in the OP's case.

Which is why we are asking questions 

Do you accept a fit note can say you're too ill to work?

You seem to be making incorrect assumptions rather than asking useful questions. 

You have used a ? as I did. I am confused as to why you think I am making assumptions, in my first response I asked three questions.