Watch Rishi Sunak call for an end to 'sick note culture' again in his speech on welfare reform

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Watch Rishi Sunak call for an end to 'sick note culture' in his speech on welfare reform today (April 19).< /p>

The Prime Minister used his speech to warn against “the over-medicalisation of everyday challenges and worries”.

As Britain emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and recovers finds itself facing a cost of living crisis, with NHS waiting lists reaching record levels, the number of working days lost due to illness or injury has reached a new record.

In a speech on Friday morning, Mr Sunak echoed his chancellor Jeremy Hunt in insisting the focus must be on what workers could be. are able to do so, amid government concerns some are unnecessarily written off as sick and "parked on welfare".