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Medical Certificate while on ESA
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13 years 8 months ago #48632 by Hat
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Do I have to keep supplying JobCentrePlus with medical certificates from my GP, or are JobCentrePlus able to accept a letter from a consultant or GP saying that the condition is ongoing? Thank you.
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13 years 8 months ago #48634 by Gordon
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I am reasonably certain that a doctor can write a Fit Note with an indefinate timescale providing that you have already been determined an unfit for work for at least six months.
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I am reasonably certain that a doctor can write a Fit Note with an indefinate timescale providing that you have already been determined an unfit for work for at least six months.
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13 years 8 months ago #48635 by cdcdi1911
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You need to send medical certificates (fit notes) from your GP while on ESA assessment rate pending a decision or appeal. If you have an ongoing condition a GP can choose to give you a certificate that's valid for several months.
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13 years 8 months ago #48889 by Hat
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Thank you Derek and Gordon. My GP is not very supportive. :o(
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13 years 8 months ago #48955 by Hat
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Sorry I should clarify a bit more: 2 consultants and a specialist NHS physiotherapist ARE supportive and happy to write letters of support, but JobCentrePlus now specifies (over phone) that I must produce medical certificates from GP, even though one of the first letters I received from JobCentreplus said that a medical certificate from GP - or when people couldn;t get one, a letter from a hospital might be acceptable.
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13 years 8 months ago #49011 by Gordon
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Hat
The following is a extract from the Decision Makers Guide.
On the basis of this definition a freeform letter would be excluded.
Is there a problem with your GP issuing Fit Notes?
Gordon
The following is a extract from the Decision Makers Guide.
A Fit Note is an approved form, I don't know whether there are others.Doctor’s statements
42095 A doctor’s statement is a statement given in writing by a doctor. They are made on an approved form.
On the basis of this definition a freeform letter would be excluded.
Is there a problem with your GP issuing Fit Notes?
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