Sick/Fit Note
Request a Fitness for Work Form
If you are off work sick for seven days or less, your employer should not ask you for a doctor's certificate. You will need a medical certificate if you are off work sick for more than seven days.The seven days include days that you don't normally work. So when you work out how long you've been off sick, you should include weekends and bank holidays.
Sick Certification
Self-certification forms usually include details such as the ones listed below.
Information about your sickness or illness
The date your sickness started
The date your sickness ended
These dates may be days that you don't normally work. For example, your sickness could start or end on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday. Many employers have their own self-certification forms. If your employer doesn't have their own form, they may use an SC2 form from HM Revenue & Customs –Employee's Statement of Sickness.
Click Below to Download a Template Self-Certification Form
Sickness of More Than Seven Days
If you are sick and off work for more than seven days, your employer will normally ask you to provide a medical certificate from your GP.
Request a Sick Note Online
Sick Notes and How to Get One
A medical certificate note must be signed by a doctor. The Fit Notes mean your GP can give you advice to help you return to work. This is because work can play an important part in helping people to recover from illness or injury. The GP can either say you are not fit for work, or can say you may be fit for work.
There is also space for the GP to give advice to your employer about the impact of your illness or injury and can suggest common ways in which your employer can help you return to work such as allowing you to work part time or temporarily or by changing your duties, for example, if you have back pain, avoiding heavy lifting.
Fit notes are also sometimes called doctor's notes, sick notes, medical certificates or doctor's statements.
When Your Fit Note Runs Out
If your certificate runs out, but you are still sick, you will need to consult the doctor again before you can get a further certificate.
Fit certificates can be back-dated so it is not necessary to make an emergency appointment to renew your certificate.
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