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Paragraph 5 F1

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A F2healthcare professional’s statement F3...shall contain the following particulars—

(a)

the patient’s name;

(b)

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;

(c)

the condition in respect of which the F4healthcare professional advises the patient they are not fit for work;

(d)

a statement, where the healthcare professional considers it appropriate, that the patient may be fit for work;

(e)

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;

(f)

the date on which the healthcare professional’s statement is given;

(g)

the address of the doctorF5; F6and

(F7h)

the name of the healthcare professional (whether in the form of a signature or F8otherwise); and

(F9i)

the profession of the healthcare professional.

F10...

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)