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Sickness Certificate
How to Request a Fit Note
If you are off work for 7 days or less, you do not need to give your employer a fit note or other proof of sickness from a medical professional.
Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer or you can download it from the HMRC website.
You must give your employer a doctor’s ‘fit note’ (sometimes called a ‘sick note’) if you’ve been ill for more than 7 days in a row and have taken sick leave. This includes non-working days, such as weekends and bank holidays.
Taken sick leave for more than 7 days in a row? Request your sick/fit note here.
If you are Abroad
GPs are not required by their Terms of Service to provide prescriptions for the treatment of a condition while the patient is abroad, this includes sick note requests and appointments.
Clinicians are also not indemnified or insured to give medical advice or treatment while the patient is outside of the UK.
If you are unable to return to work for 7 days or more as a result of being ill abroad we will be unable to provide a UK fit/sick note.
If you are unable to travel home, it’s likely that you will have had to see a medical professional at some point so we advise obtaining some form of note from the doctor or hospital in the country where you have been on holiday or have been staying. We also advise to have the note translated if it is not written in English.