Under 7 days:
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. This is called self-certification. You can also fill out this form as a self certification linked below
After 7 days
if you are still unwell and feel you are not fit for work, You are required to make an appointment with a GP. The GP can provide a ‘doctors note’ called a sick note, or Med3 for your to give to your employer.
Backdating sick notes
Sick notes can be backdated at the doctors discretion, this means you do not have to have an emergency appointment for this. Sick notes cannot be future dated.
Requesting duplicate Sick notes
Should your employer request a duplicate signed sicknote, a charge of £10 will be administered for this.
