HC Deb 27 April 1970 vol 800 cc210-1W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will carry out research into the variations in the extent to which different general practitioners send their patients off work for sickness, and with what results.

Dr. John Dunwoody:

Various possibilities for research into the factors underlying sickness absence are being considered as part of the special study of the incidence of sickness benefit claims now being carried out in my Department.