the royal college of general practitioners _ work. ege of general practitioners have _ work. the royal college of general practitioners have welcomed - work. the royal college of general practitioners have welcomed this i practitioners have welcomed this call for evidence. they say they are assessing sickness can be part of the normal conversation, but they are welcoming the call for evidence. it is worth pointing out a few of the statistics behind rishi sunak was my argument that he is making today. they are quite staggering, a record number of people out of work, 2.8 million, 850,000 more since the pandemic. the prime minister makes the argument that half of those who are out of work say they have depression or anxiety and he says he worries that we as a country are over medicalised mental health. he did say that if people had mental health problems they should have access to support and pointed to investment the government was making investment the government was making in that. but the argument he is making today, in his words, wha