Sickness for Under Seven Days
Your employer 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.
Self-certification forms usually include details such as:
- information about your sickness or illness
- the date your sickness started
- the date your sickness ended
These dates may be days that you don’t normally work. For example, your sickness could start or end on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday.
Many employers have their own self-certification forms. If your employer doesn’t have their own form, instead they may use an SC2 form from HM Revenue & Customs – Employee’s Statement of Sickness.
Click here to download a template self-certification form.
Sickness of More Than Seven Days
If you are sick and off work for more than seven days, your employer will normally ask you to provide a medical certificate from your GP.
Please fill this form to request a Sick Note.
If you have not seen a doctor at the practice and we have had no information from a medical professional about your illness, you will not be able to get a certificate without an appointment. Please book a routine appointment; urgent appointments are only provided for genuine medical emergencies and not for the purpose of certificates.
If you are under the care of a hospital, your certificate may be issued by the hospital, rather than by the practice.