
NATH | Advanced Practice
January 31, 2025 at 03:04 PM
📃 🤒 *For those Advanced Practitioners whose profession was not included in the latest amendment to legislation around issuing sick notes, there is an alternative.*
It is not legal for any clinician who is not a:
🟣 GP or Hospital Doctor
🟣 Registered Nurse
🟣 Occupational Therapist
🟣 Pharmacist
🟣 Physiotherapist
But other allied professionals, such as Advanced Clinical Practitioners who are registered Paramedics or Operating Department Practitioners, can issue an AHP Health and Work Report.
This is an advisory form similar to a sick note, which can be used for an employee to gain access to statutory sick pay.
*Before doing so, any clinician who wishes to use it should complete the HEE module on issuing sick notes*➡️ *https://bit.ly/3WCHQrl*