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Request a Sick Note

Self certification

By law, you do not need a doctor’s note if you are off sick for up to seven days. Fill in this form called SC2.

Your employer should not request a sick note from the doctor during this time.  If you want a sick note during this time there will be a private charge for this.

If your employer has reason to inquire about a spell of sickness, they are advised to write to the doctor, including written permission from the you, and a report may be issued. A charge will be made for such a report.

Fit notes

After the first seven days you will require a medical certificate or “Fit Note”.

If you have not already had a consultation with the doctor about this episode of illness, or if we have not received relevant documentation such as a hospital letter, you may be asked to book an appointment. If you have not consulted with a doctor for a while about this problem, or if it is your third note, we may also ask you to book an appointment. 

If you do not need to see a doctor, a fit note can be requested here:

Return to work

You do not need a certificate to declare fitness to return to work.

See here for details: https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/caring-carers-and-long-term-conditions/can-i-go-back-to-work-before-the-end-date-on-my-fit-note/

The Department for Work and Pensions will be extracting anonymous data from fit notes in England from January 2016. For further information please click here.