Am I fit for work?

Almost_Enlightened

Currently between jobs at the moment claiming job seekers allowance, I dislocated my shoulder on friday, went to A&E, they fixed me up, I have a doctors appointment tomorrow (tuesday) and a fracture clinic appointment too.

I am still in pain when I wake up in the morning, and still have limited movement in my shoulder, very tender and painful to move, will my doctor give me a sick note? or am I classed as fit for work because obviously my shoulder is now back in place, but as I see it is still causing me pain and I'm not fully recovered, couldn't imagine working with a this shoulder as it is at the moment, slightly confused in terms of what the doctor and job centre will class me as on paper.

Oldernotwiser

Almost_Enlightened wrote: »

Currently between jobs at the moment claiming job seekers allowance, I dislocated my shoulder on friday, went to A&E, they fixed me up, I have a doctors appointment tomorrow (tuesday) and a fracture clinic appointment too.

I am still in pain when I wake up in the morning, and still have limited movement in my shoulder, very tender and painful to move, will my doctor give me a sick note? or am I classed as fit for work because obviously my shoulder is now back in place, but as I see it is still causing me pain and I'm not fully recovered, couldn't imagine working with a this shoulder as it is at the moment, slightly confused in terms of what the doctor and job centre will class me as on paper.

If you have an ongoing JSA claim I'd be wary of trying to change to ESA because it'll cause all sorts of delays, even if you're successful, which is questionable.

dseventy

Almost_Enlightened wrote: »

Currently between jobs at the moment claiming job seekers allowance, I dislocated my shoulder on friday, went to A&E, they fixed me up, I have a doctors appointment tomorrow (tuesday) and a fracture clinic appointment too.

I am still in pain when I wake up in the morning, and still have limited movement in my shoulder, very tender and painful to move, will my doctor give me a sick note? or am I classed as fit for work because obviously my shoulder is now back in place, but as I see it is still causing me pain and I'm not fully recovered, couldn't imagine working with a this shoulder as it is at the moment, slightly confused in terms of what the doctor and job centre will class me as on paper.

Depends on the work really. Anything involving heavy lifting, probably not.

But using a PC (managed it here) doable.

D70

deathvalleydemon

dseventy wrote: »

Depends on the work really. Anything involving heavy lifting, probably not.

But using a PC (managed it here) doable.

D70

what a !!!!!!!

jojo_2012_2

dseventy wrote: »

Depends on the work really. Anything involving heavy lifting, probably not.

But using a PC (managed it here) doable.

D70

here here ! :beer:
one handed typing FTW!

jetplane

Only your GP knows whether he will give you a sicknote. You can have 2 weeks sick without changing your JSA claim. ie JC+ will not expect you to look for work for up to 2 weeks and still pay your JSA if you have a sicknote.