If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
To request a sick note:
- Use our online form
- Phone or visit the surgery after 10am during opening hours.
For first fit notes, you will need to book an appointment.
Follow-on fit notes can be requested through the online form.
If you have had a hospital procedure, you should request a fit note from the hospital team.
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 and you don’t need to see a doctor. 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.
If your employer doesn’t have its own form, you can download one here.
Find out more about sick notes on the NHS website.