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Cancelling your Appointment

Please telephone as soon as possible if you have to cancel your appointment.

Appointments are often in short supply so please ring and let us know if you cannot attend so that we can offer the appointment to somebody else.

If the surgery is closed and you need to cancel an appointment for the following day please use the link at the bottom of the homepage

Missed Appointments

In August 224 appointments were missed by patients who failed to turn up and did not cancel their appointment in advance.

Sickness Certificates

You do not require a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting seven days or less. Your employer may however require you to complete a self-certification form (SC2) which is available from your employer, or by clicking on the link below and printing off a copy.

Self Certification

For any illness lasting longer than seven days you will need to see the doctor for him/her to issue a sickness certificate, now called a "Fit Note", and for any subsequent renewal of the certificate.

If you have had an operation or procedure done in a hospital by a consultant, requiring you take time off work, you should be able to get a "Fit Note" directly from them.  Enquire before you are discharged or at your out patient's appointment.

For more information on the new "Fit Note" please click on the link below from the DWP.

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/fitnote/