Sick notes

If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days

To request a sick note:

  • fill out a request form through our patchs page. 
  • phone or visit the surgery from 9am to 6.30pm

If you need a continuation note:

  • You can request via telephone
  • by request on patchs
  • in person at reception

You can request this before the date your current one expires to ensure continuity.

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.

Work Clinic - helping you to stay in work

Work Clinic

Are you struggling to work with health problems or currently off work sick?

Friarwood Surgery is offering a free clinic, run by an Occupational Therapist that could help people  with both physical and mental health difficulties stay in or get back to work.

Work Clinic Patient information leaflet.pdf

Page last reviewed: 17 October 2025
Page created: 29 May 2024