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If you are sick for less than six days you may be able to claim either "sickness benefit" (if self employed or unemployed), or "statutory sick pay" (if you have worked for an employer long enough). Sickness benefit can be claimed using form SC1 available from DSS offices and statutory sick pay using the form SC2 available from your employer.

Both these forms cover you until the seventh day of illness. If you are sick for seven days or more, you will have to be seen by the doctor to obtain a sickness certificate. Each subsequent certificate will need to be obtained by seeing a doctor until you return to work (although your GP may provide a certificate without seeing you if a hospital doctor has been treating you).

NB: Some employers insist on a "sick note" for illness lasting less than seven days. As this is not a statutory requirement, this is considered a private arrangement and as such there is a charge (sometimes the employer will reimburse this). If you are ill for 28 weeks or more continuously, you may be eligible for state benefits. Up-to-date information can be found at www.direct.gov.uk.


 
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