Stumo...the service I work in does not recognise GPs sick notes. They, the service, prefer to use our own occy health who are next to useless, to determine the health of each individual. The Ambulance Service in general is going back to the bad days when you were always presumed to be skiving. Its just dressed up now in such a way that any accusations of bullying or harrassment can be denied. Same way as we are now going back to the days of being presumed guilty before innocent when a complaint comes in against us. There is an under current of management thinking along the lines of Stalinist policies. We are seeing more and more crews suspended than ever before.