Carolside Medical Centre

Fit note process

Fit (sick) notes

If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days

Request a fit note

If you’ve been off sick for 7 days or less

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.

Find out more about sick notes on the NHS inform website.

Ask your employer for statutory sick pay – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Note, you should never be charged for self-certification.