ESA, Sick Notes - Advice Please

ricke17

Hi there,

I am currently signed off sick and receiving ESA.

I have had my medical and have been moved to the Support Group and my Work Focused Interview lady said I no longer need to send in any sick notes - I have tried to contact ESA to clarify this but just cannot get through.

Can anyone else advise me on here??

Shall I just continue to submit my sicknotes??

Cheers,

Rick.

healy

ricke17 wrote: »

Hi there,

I am currently signed off sick and receiving ESA.

I have had my medical and have been moved to the Support Group and my Work Focused Interview lady said I no longer need to send in any sick notes - I have tried to contact ESA to clarify this but just cannot get through.

Can anyone else advise me on here??

Shall I just continue to submit my sicknotes??

Cheers,

Rick.

Once you have passed the medical you no longer need to send in sick notes.

ricke17

Great thanks :-)

Uncertain

You will probably find that they will have written to your GP to advise him that no further sicknotes are needed.

gutbrod10

do you still have to provide a sick note if your in the work related group ?

NASA_2

gutbrod10 wrote: »

do you still have to provide a sick note if your in the work related group ?

No. If you are in either group you no longer have to provide sicklines.

stazi

Or 'fitnotes' which is the new name for 'sicknotes' from 6/4/10.

sunnyone

stazi wrote: »

Or 'fitnotes' which is the new name for 'sicknotes' from 6/4/10.

My husband is in the support group of ESA but his PPI still requires a sicknote and we got a fit note today and its not much diffrence from a sick note, unlike the rubbish in the papers they are not forcing sick people to go back to work and they contain a section that the doctor ticks for "you are not fit for work" or the alternatively there is a section that says "you may be fit for work taking into account of the following advice", a phased return to work, amended duties, altered hours, workplace adaptions or a box that the doctor can write anything else in.

NASA_2

sunnyone wrote: »

My husband is in the support group of ESA but his PPI still requires a sicknote and we got a fit note today and its not much diffrence from a sick note, unlike the rubbish in the papers they are not forcing sick people to go back to work and they contain a section that the doctor ticks for "you are not fit for work" or the alternatively there is a section that says "you may be fit for work taking into account of the following advice", a phased return to work, amended duties, altered hours, workplace adaptions or a box that the doctor can write anything else in.

Its actually a fairly minor change. If the doctor says some changes might help then it is still taken as being signed off as unfit.