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253 appointments were wasted in January due to patients not attending.

In January we had 42 hours and 10 mins of appointments that were wasted because patients did not let us know in good time that they could no longer make their appointments. This was equivalent to 253 appointments that could have been used by other patients who really needed them. Please let us know in advance if you need to cancel an appointment so we have time to reuse it.

For further information on our DNA data can be found here Did Not Attend

Sick (fit) notes

If you’ve been off sick for more than 7 days

To request a sick note:

If you’ve been off sick for 7 days or less

If you’re off work sick for 7 days or less, your employer should not ask for medical evidence that you’ve been ill. Instead, they can ask you to confirm that you’ve been ill. You can do this by filling in a form yourself when you return to work. We call this self-certification.

Find out more about sick notes on the NHS website.