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.
If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
- You can request a fit note. To request a fit note, please use our Online Service or telephone the surgery on 01327 359953
Please note: We cannot issue fit notes in advance as we cannot always predict the duration of an illness or when an illness will start.
If you require an extension of a current fit note then please contact us after it runs out.
Sending your request in advance will likely cause a delay in the process leading to increased waiting time for all such patient requests.