If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
To request a sick note:
- fill out a sick note request form
- email blyths.meadow@nhs.net providing specific details of the period of sickness to be covered
- phone or visit the surgery from 10am to 6pm
Fit notes will be backdated as appropriate.
Please allow 4 working days for your certificate will be completed. If the GP wishes to discuss your request this will be organised by the surgery.
Once your certificate is ready the surgery will send you a text message to confirm you can pick-up.
- The practice will not issue an Fit Note in an emergency appointment.
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.