{"id":28322,"date":"2024-04-27T09:46:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T07:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=28322"},"modified":"2024-04-27T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T07:46:09","slug":"crackdown-on-sick-note-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2024\/04\/crackdown-on-sick-note-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Crackdown on Sick Note Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK, the number of people filing for disability claims has been continuing to increase in the last decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime minister Rishi Sunak hope to put an end to the ‘sick note culture’, which refers to \u201cover-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life\u201d and the rise of recipients of sickness and disability benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article and find out Prime minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s crackdown on the \u201csick note culture\u201d in the UK. Be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theconversation.com\/rishi-sunak-wants-to-cut-the-cost-of-sicknote-britain-but-weve-found-a-strong-economic-case-for-benefits-228561<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201csick note culture<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cPrime minister Rishi Sunak has\u00a0announced\u00a0a crackdown on sickness and disability benefits in order to end a \u201c<\/em>sick note culture<\/em><\/strong>\u201d and \u201cover-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life\u201d, in part because he claims that \u201cgood work\u201d can actually improve mental and physical health.\u201d<\/em>? Use this term in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cmeans-tested<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cThere is a tendency in announcements, too, to conflate <\/em>means-tested<\/em><\/strong> incapacity benefits with non-means-tested disability benefits, such as the personal independence payment.<\/em>\u201d? Use this term in a sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201dcradle-to-grave<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201dJust as the social economist Lord Beveridge proposed in his\u00a01942 report, we need <\/em>cradle-to-grave<\/em><\/strong> social security that supports that ambition, rather than forced participation in harmful insecure employment.\u201d<\/em>? Use this expression in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What factors might have contributed to the rising number of people who claims for sickness and disability benefits? <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Do you think the same thing could be occurring in your own country? Expand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What are your thoughts on sick note culture?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. What is your opinion on the crackdown on it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What is good system to identify those people who really need the sickness and disability benefits?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Share your thoughts on this, \u201cPrime minister Rishi Sunak wants to focus on \u201cwhat people can do with the right support in place, rather than what they can\u2019t do.<\/em>\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Share your thoughts on this, \u201cMost people who get social security don\u2019t really deserve any help.<\/em>\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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