Tell us your experience of being signed off work with a mental health condition

Guardian community team
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<span>Did you have any difficulties with the process? </span><span>Photograph: parkerphotography/Alamy</span>
Did you have any difficulties with the process? Photograph: parkerphotography/Alamy

Rishi Sunak has announced fresh curbs to the personal independence payment (Pip), saying he is considering whether some cash payments to claimants with mental health conditions could be replaced by treatment or access to services.

In a speech on welfare on Friday, he also set out a measure to shift responsibility for issuing fit notes, formerly known as sicknotes, away from GPs to other “work and health professionals” in order to encourage more people to return to work.

We would like to hear about your experiences of being signed off work with a mental health condition. How did you find the process? What do you think of the prime minister’s remarks? Do you have any concerns?

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