Sick notes

To request a sick note please fill out a sick note request form

Please note that sick notes can only be issued when they are due and cannot be future dated. A sick note/fit note can be backdated ; please discuss this when you see your GP. Emergency or urgent appointments should not be used to request sick/fit notes.

Fitness or return to work certificates are NOT issued, but if you or your employer require further information concerning your period(s) of illness then your doctor may require to issue you with a letter. Please note that a private charge may apply. Please check with our receptionist. 

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 Inform.