{"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":"2026-08-05T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:51:07","slug":"sick-fit-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/sick-fit-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick (fit) notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>If you&#8217;ve been sick for less than 7 days<\/h3>\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<h3>If you&#8217;ve been sick for more than 7 days<\/h3>\n<p>If you have been ill for more than 7 days you will need a doctor\u2019s certificate. These certificates are called \u2018Fitness to Work\u2019 Certificates.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor may call you or arrange for an appointment.<\/p>\n<p>If you have already been seen by your Doctor about this illness your certificate will be sent to you within a week.<\/p>\n<h3>Requesting an additional sick note<\/h3>\n<p>If you have already had a Sick Note (Fit Note) for this illness your Doctor may not need to see you to issue an additional Sick Note. Please complete this form. We will contact you to let you know when you can collect your Sick \/ Fit Note or we may contact you to arrange an appointment.<\/p>\n<a class=\"nhsuk-action-link\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/sick-note-request-form\/\">\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\">Sick Note Request Form<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been sick 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\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/y06389\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}