If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days
To request a sick note:
- contact us via Anima
Hospital Procedures
If you have been admitted to hospital or undergone a procedure, the hospital team responsible for your care should provide your fit note (sick note) following your operation or treatment. Please ask the hospital for this before you are discharged, as they are best placed to advise how long you will need to be off work.
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.