Sick notes

To request a sick note:

• fill out a sick note request form
• phone or visit the surgery from 9am to 5pm

For all medical certificate or sick note requests please ensure that you have "self-certified" for ONE WEEK before asking for a extension. Please ensure you state that you have self certified for one week when you submit your request. Please submit your sick note request on the date it is required as sick notes will be given from the date of submission.  

Click Here for our Sick Note Policy 

Medical certificates/sick notes will be sent out via email please make sure you include your email address in the eConsult request. 

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.

Your first week of sick leave is covered by the employers under the SSP regulations. There after the following applies for sick notes: