I am pleased to see that others have also managed to use their imagination to look at ways to see if people can work or be returned to work quicker than a Drs 'sick' (not fit) note might otherwise indicate. This can be to the advantage of the employee as well as the employer, especially where contractual sick pay is not paid. I have been doing this prior to the revision of the Med 3, as it has always seemed/seems to me to be such an 'obvious' thing to do.

Of course it depends on a number of factors, such as:
Type of injury/illness
Type of work
Distance from work (and accessibility of transport)
etc

With a little imagination creativity many people can be at work or brought back to work sooner than they otherwise might have been.