FIT notes

To request a FIT (sick) note, submit an online reqiest via eConsult. Please click on the link below to request this.

You will receive a text message to say that your request has been received and FIT notes take 5 working days from the date of the request.

Once you have submitted the request, the doctor will review and if they need to carry out a consultation with you before they can issue, you will be contacted to book the next available routine appointment.  If they do not need to speak or see you, the FIT note will be issued 5 working days from the date of the request.

If you would like your FIT note, emailed to you, please specify this in your online consultation request.

If you are collecting in person, please ensure that you wait 5 working days before coming to collect.

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.