Why does work want a report from my GP or Specialist?

Update: 2019-01-04

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The most frequent question on my blog is about work and why a Manager is asking for a report from their own Doctor?
Here I set out the reasons for doing so, the drawbacks of the report and an employees' rights under UK law.

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