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On 1 July 2022 key changes were made to the fit note regime which means that an employee may be signed off work by someone who is not their GP. Which health professionals can now issue fit
notes?
Published 28.06.2022
Whilst some employees will do anything to get signed-off work by their GP, others are reluctant to reveal that this has happened (usually because of financial worries). Do you have the right to be
told?
Published 29.11.2013
The government has announced that the national Fit for Work occupational health (OH) referral service will be closed in March 2018. What help will still be available for employers and is anything
else on the cards?
Published 15.12.2017
By the beginning of 2013 most GPs will be using the DWP’s new electronic fit note system, “e-Med”. Why is this change good news for employers?
Published 24.09.2012
In April 2015 there were reports about a doctor who wrote an amusing letter when an employee was asked to produce medical evidence for one day’s sickness absence. What are the rules regarding the
issue of fit notes?
Published 23.04.2015
When the government recently issued updated guidance on fit notes, parts of the media said that it “had granted employers permission to reject the advice contained in a GP’s fit note for the first
time”. Is that right?
Published 17.05.2013
An employee is due to start ten days’ annual leave shortly. However, they’ve just presented you with a fit note which says “no work for four weeks”. What should that period of time now be classed as:
sickness absence or holiday?
Published 11.06.2013
You’ve received a fit note from an employee but disagree with the doctor’s assessment and recommendations. Are you obliged to follow what’s been said or can you challenge the advice?
Published 22.04.2016
Any healthcare professional who’s a registered nurse, occupational therapist, pharmacist or physiotherapist can now issue a fit note. But are they able to sign employees off work for any reason and
give advice outside their areas of expertise?
Published 26.08.2022
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