You only need a doctor’s note if you are unable to work and are ill for longer than seven calendar days.
Go to the NHS webpage: When do I need a sick note?
On the first day that you are ill and incapable of work, you should inform your employer.
Your employer will provide you with an SC2 self-certificate form for shorter periods of illness.
Follow this link to the online Statutory Sick Pay form
If you are still incapable of work after the third day, you will need to obtain a self-certification form, available from either the surgery, your employer or DSS Office, a self-certified sick note covers your absence from work for the first 7 days of your sickness (including bank holidays and weekends).
If you think you may need to be off work for more than one week, please book a routine appointment to discuss this with the GP. If you recover and return to work, please telephone us as soon as you know this so we can offer your appointment to another patient.
You are only entitled to an NHS Med 3 certificate (sick note) if the doctor concludes that you are sufficiently disabled by your symptoms. This is a medical decision based on the facts. Sick notes will NOT be back-dated unless you have seen or spoken to a doctor in this Practice who has advised you at an earlier date that one will be issued, or there is written evidence that a hospital doctor has advised you that you cannot work, but failed to issue you with an appropriate sick note at the time you were.
If you feel you require an extension to your current sick note, please contact the Practice. This can also be done by submitting an administrative request via an online form. Please be aware, following a request for an extension you may have to speak to a GP, we will contact you if this is the case.
