{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1604",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A healthcare professional’s statement ...shall contain the following particulars—\n(a) the patient’s name;\n(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;\n(c) the condition in respect of which the healthcare professional advises the patient they are not fit for work;\n(d) a statement, where the healthcare professional considers it appropriate, that the patient may be fit for work;\n(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;\n(f) the date on which the healthcare professional’s statement is given;\n(g) the address of the doctor; and\n(h) the name of the healthcare professional (whether in the form of a signature or otherwise); and\n(i) the profession of the healthcare professional.\n...",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1604/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:01:11.940000+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}