Fit Note

chrisbur

TELLIT01 wrote: »

The answer is still actually the same. The end date given on a fit note is taken by DWP as the date on which you will be fit to return to work. It may seem odd but that's the way it is.

From the GP guidance regarding fit notes issued by DWP page 11 of https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349909/fitnote-gps-guidance-jan-14.pdf

"Indicate the period that your advice applies
for. This may be the date that you expect
your patient to have recovered by, or your
judgement about an appropriate time to
review their fitness for work even if they are
unlikely to have fully recovered.
You can either:
• specify a period from the date of the
assessment (as entered in box 1) e.g. this
will be the case for two weeks; or
• specify a particular start and end date. e.g.
this will be the case from 5 May to 19 May.
In the first six months of a patient’s
condition, a fit note can cover a maximum
of three months. If a condition has lasted
longer than six months, a fit note can be for
any clinically appropriate period up to ‘an
indefinite period’.
The dates are inclusive, (so a fit note dated
from 2 April to 10 April will no longer apply
from 11 April onwards). "

I have underlined the last para which clearly states that DWP consider dates to be inclusive.

Undervalued

TELLIT01 wrote: »

The end date given on a fit note is taken by DWP as the date on which you will be fit to return to work. It may seem odd but that's the way it is.

Really?

On what do you base that statement?

It is directly contradicted by the DWP's own guidance to doctors and is also at odds with my own experience. Admittedly I'm several years out of date.......

agrinnall

TELLIT01 wrote: »

The answer is still actually the same. The end date given on a fit note is taken by DWP as the date on which you will be fit to return to work. It may seem odd but that's the way it is.

Two posts in this thread, both demonstrably incorrect, so I repeat my original comment to you.

Poppie68

TELLIT01 wrote: »

The answer is still actually the same. The end date given on a fit note is taken by DWP as the date on which you will be fit to return to work. It may seem odd but that's the way it is.

Go on just admit it......Your wrong, everyone has moments of stupidity and wrongness.:D