If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
If you have been off sick for more than 7 days you can request a sick note by completing a sick note request form
For patients that are off sick due to a problem for which you are under a hospital then you must contact the hospital to request the sick note. Patients who have been under a hospital, but have since been discharged, must also continue to request sick notes.
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. We call this self-certification.
Find out more about sick notes on the NHS website.
