Medical Certificates: Sick Leave
Commons · Question 81867 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sick notes have been issued by GPs in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Oct 2025
The sick note was replaced by the fit note in 2010. Since 2022, fit notes can be issued by doctors, registered nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists.The latest data published by NHS England shows that out of the 10,974,495 fit...