If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
You can obtain sick notes from the practice. They are for absence from work only.
If you are absent from work for more than 1 week you will need a doctor’s sick note to cover the period. If it is your first sick note for the current illness, then you will need to be seen by the first day that the note is required as the first note can not be back dated. When we see you, we will assess your condition and see if a sick note is required.
We are unable to provide you with a first sick note if we haven’t assessed you and any sick note given can only be valid from the date you were assessed.
Non-urgent advice: Please note:
Please complete the ‘Requesting additional sick/fit note form above and submit.
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.
Continuation of a sick note
Please make a note of when your sick note runs out. We prefer to renew on the day before or on the day it runs out.
Please note: reception staff will not be able to check when your sick note runs out.
Sick note after being to the hospital
If you have been to hospital we may be able to give you a sick note based on the hospitals report on your illness.
Back dated sick note
Backdated sick notes cannot be issued unless you have been seen during the period for which you are requesting the sick note.
Sick notes are NOT appropriate for
- Absence from community service.
- Missing a Parole meeting.
- Missing a court appearance