Sick (fit) notes

NHS App

We encourage all patients who are able to complete their request via the NHS App. However, for those patients who are not able, please still telephone your practice and our Patient Services Team will complete the request form on your behalf.

​We aim to review all routine queries that are submitted before 2 pm on the same working day, however it may take up to 48 hours for us to contact you with our response. Clinically urgent enquiries will be prioritised. We may ask you to contact other more suitable healthcare services.

If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days

To request a sick note:

  • fill out a sick note request form
  • phone or visit the surgery from 10am to 6pm

If you’ve been off sick for 7 days or less

If you’re off work sick for 7 days or less, your employer should not ask for medical evidence that you’ve been ill. Instead, they can ask you to confirm that you’ve been ill. You can do this by filling in a form yourself when you return to work. We call this self-certification.

Find out more about sick notes on the NHS website.

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