{"id":213,"date":"2023-10-06T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhs-demo.surgeryweb.org.uk\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:41:43","slug":"sick-fit-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/sick-fit-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick (fit) notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\">Self Certification Sick\/Fit Note for less than 7 days<\/h2>\n<p>If you have been ill for 7 days or less you don\u2019t need to see a Doctor. You can complete a Self-Certification form yourself. However some employers insist on a Doctor\u2019s note regardless. A Doctors note under these circumstances involves a charge of \u00a310.<\/p>\n<p>Many employers have their own self-certification forms. If your employer doesn\u2019t have its own form you can download the Self Certification Form. Please print it, fill it in and hand it in to your employer. You do not need to see a Doctor.<\/p>\n<a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/selfcertificate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--arrow-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 0 0-10 9h11.7l-4-4a1 1 0 0 1 1.5-1.4l5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1 0 1.4l-5.6 5.7a1 1 0 0 1-1.5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0-1.4l4-4H2A10 10 0 1 0 12 2z\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Self Certification Form<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Click here if you have been ill for longer than 7 days <a href=\"https:\/\/accurx.nhs.uk\/patient-initiated\/d81637\">Contact us about your request &#8211; Accurx Patient Portal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click here if you require a further sick note <a href=\"https:\/\/accurx.nhs.uk\/patient-initiated\/d81637\">Contact us about your request &#8211; Accurx Patient Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self Certification Sick\/Fit Note for less than 7 days If you have been ill for 7 days or less you don\u2019t need to see a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}