Paragraph 5 F1
A F2healthcare professional’s statement F3...shall contain the following particulars—
the patient’s name;
the date of the assessment (whether by consultation or consideration of a report as the case may be) on which the healthcare professional’s statement is based;
the condition in respect of which the F4healthcare professional advises the patient they are not fit for work;
a statement, where the healthcare professional considers it appropriate, that the patient may be fit for work;
a statement that the healthcare professional will or, as the case may be will not, need to assess the patient’s fitness for work again;
the date on which the healthcare professional’s statement is given;
the name of the healthcare professional (whether in the form of a signature or F8otherwise); and
the profession of the healthcare professional.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/137), regs. 1(2), 3(4)
- F2
Words in Sch. 1 rule 5 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(a)
- F3
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 rule 5 omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(a)
- F4
Words in Sch. 1 rule 5 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(b)
- F5
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 rule 5(g): semi-colon substituted for comma (6.4.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(b)
- F6
Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 rule 5(g) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(b)
- F7
Sch. 1 Pt. 1 rule 5(h) inserted (6.4.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(c)
- F8
Words in Sch. 1 rule 5(h) substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(c)
- F9
Sch. 1 rule 5(i) inserted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 3(8)(d)
- F10
Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 rule 5 omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 3(5)(d)