Sick (Fit/Med3) notes
If you are off work due to a Hospital admission, a Sick Note can be issued by the Hospital to cover the period of time you were in the Hospital. Once discharged, your GP can issue a Sick Note, based on your Hospital discharge letter. If you think this is your situation, our Reception Team will assist you.
Please use our Online Patient Triage Request to request a Sick or Fit note.
Please note a Sick or Fit Note can be backdated but cannot be future dated; please discuss this when you see your GP.
Emergency or urgent appointments will not be booked to request Sick / Fit notes.
Self-Certificates
If you have been sick for more than four days in a row, but less than seven, you can self–certify your illness using a SC2 form. You can obtain this form from your employer or the HMRC website. If you are unwell for more than four days you are advised to contact the surgery to assess your fitness to work.
If you are off work for less than seven days, you are responsible for your own self-certification on form SC1 (available from reception or any post office).
Download Self Certificate Form
After seven days a doctor’s certificate (Form Med3) is required.
If there’s a delay getting a fit note
If there’s a delay getting a fit note, the employee should contact their employer to explain:
- why there’s a delay – for example, difficulty booking a doctor’s appointment
- when their employer will get the fit note
An employer should only ask their employee for a fit note from the 7th day of absence. A healthcare professional might refuse to provide a fit note before the 7th day.
Employers are legally bound to accept self certificates. Some, however, still insist on a doctor’s certificate during the first seven days of absence, in which case a private certificate will be issued and a fee will be charged. Your employer may reimburse you.
We have included a link below regarding guidance for patients and employees. Please contact your employer to discuss anything that you think would help you stay in, or return to, work with your employer, for example; arranging for an occupational health assessment, changing duties or location, phased return to work, working from home or additional training.
