If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
To request a sick/fit note, you can:
- Fill out a sick/fit note admin request form
- Phone or visit the surgery between 10:00am and 6:00pm
If your employer asks for a sick/fit note for a past illness, your doctor may issue it if there’s a record of your illness.
Please note, there is a fee for private sick/fit notes.
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 (fit) notes on the NHS website.