The Fit Note – E-Learning Module

About The Fit Note Programme.

This programme applies to all relevant healthcare professionals in England, Scotland and Wales https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fit-note

This has been developed in collaboration with The Royal College of Nursing, The Royal College of Occupational Therapy, The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and The Royal College of General Practitioners.

This training sits alongside two other key resources

• Fit note: Getting the most out of the fit note. Guidance For healthcare professionals – which covers the practical task of undertaking a health and work conversation and completing the fit note form
• Fit note: Who can issue fit notes. Guidance for healthcare professionals and their employers – which provides clarity for healthcare professionals, their employers and regulators as to which professionals can include this task within their scope of practice

The training aims to:

• Help HCPs develop the confidence and skills to have an effective work and health conversation and to be able to understand and communicate (where appropriate) the importance of work as a clinical outcome.
• Enable HCPs in using their professional judgement to assess the impact of a health condition on an individual’s fitness for work.
• Support HCPs in negotiating and developing an agreed plan with the patient about their health and work, including advice about self-management and workplace modifications (where appropriate).
• Enable HCPs to complete the technical steps required in the process of completing a fit note and understand options for next steps after a fit note has been certified. For example, signposting.