Guidance

Fit for Work: guidance for GPs

Guidance for GPs on using Fit for Work to help their patients stay in or return to work.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 2 January 2015
• Last updated: 29 November 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 31 August 2018

This page has been withdrawn because the Fit for Work assessment service has ended. You can still get advice about health and work and support on sickness absence, at:

• the Fit for Work website for England and Wales
• the Healthy Working Lives website for Scotland

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

[Withdrawn] Fit for Work: a quick guide for GPs

PDF, 157 KB, 2 pages

[Withdrawn] Welsh: Ffit i Weithio: canllaw cyflym i feddygon teulu

PDF, 145 KB, 2 pages

[Withdrawn] Fit for Work: guidance for GPs

PDF, 361 KB, 25 pages

[Withdrawn] Welsh: Ffit i Weithio: canllawiau i feddygon teulu

PDF, 273 KB, 25 pages

Details

This guidance aimed to help employees make the best use of Fit for Work, supporting them to return to work as quickly as appropriate.

We also published Fit for Work guidance for employees and guidance for employers.

Published 2 January 2015
Last updated 29 November 2016 + show all updates

1. 29 November 2016

   Published 'Welsh: Ffit i Weithio: canllaw cyflym i Feddygon Teulu'.

2. 22 November 2016

   Published 'Fit for Work: a quick guide for GPs'.

3. 8 September 2015

   Replaced guidance with revised versions – Return to Work Plans issued through Fit for Work can be accepted as evidence of sickness absence by employers in exactly the same way as a GP fit note.

4. 9 March 2015

   Added information about the phased roll-out of Fit for Work in England, Scotland and Wales in 2015. And replaced PDFs.

5. 2 January 2015

   First published.