Sick Note Abuse Is Endemic.

As Rishi announces crackdown on sick notes being abused, how I got TWO for 'stress' in under two hours without ever speaking to a doctor - and all I had to do was pay £25 and film 30-second video.

BARNEY CALMAN: It was disturbingly easy. After the Prime Minister announced yesterday a crackdown on sick-note culture that has seen numbers of Britons off work due to ill health balloon to 2.8million, MailOnline discovered firms selling the official documents for as little as £25, with 'no appointments necessary'. We put their services to the test, and in under two hours I managed to purchase two sick notes, rubber-stamped by medical professionals, signing me off work for a month, barely any questions asked. All I had to do was say, vaguely, that I was stressed and needed time off, and hand over my credit card details.

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