The Department of Health recently released figures show that people who are on incapacity benefit for one year are likely to stay there for eight years. Once they have been "on-the-sick" for two years or more, they are more likely to die or retire than work again.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson seems to have taken up the battle against "The Great British Work Shy Sick" as he has compared GB (not Gormless Gordon - Great Briton) unfavourably with the rest of Europe yet again.

Perhaps Alan Johnson is angling for a new cabinet post of "Secretary for Death" which, I guess would give him the acronym:

SOD (off) Johnson... as he is already known at most outside smoking venues of empty, near bankrupt pubs and clubs.

The real question is why people are not being treated quickly and effectively by the NHS or do doctors simple give up on the sick and vulnerable in our society after one year?

Seems to me, tax payers money would be better spent treating sick people than demonising them through the press and media.

The Tea Musk Times Ripped Headline for Today

Sick Note, Well Note or Death Sentence?

A new "Death Note Ripped Headline" has been published today with the following text:

Department of Health figures show that people who are on incapacity benefit for one year are likely to stay there for eight. Once they have been there for two years or more, they are more likely to die or retire than work again.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson is setting out plans to change Britain's "sick note culture" into a "well note culture" or as the statement above shows... a "death note sentence".