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Black warns fit note will fail without detail

The health expert who invented the fit note has warned it is in danger of becoming just "another version of writing a sick note".

Dame Carol Black's comments come after the Government released its final version of the fit note last month, which asks doctors to tick one of two options regarding a person's health - either that they are "unfit for work", or "may be fit for work taking account of the following advice".