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Urgent patient update

Dear Patients, due to pre-planned annual leave and unexpected sickness within our clinical team, we will need to prioritise urgent appointments this week.

We kindly ask that, where possible, any routine or minor concerns are postponed until next week.

This will help us ensure that patients requiring urgent care can be seen promptly. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Sick (fit) notes

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

To request a sick note:

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.