The fit note – friend or foe?

Rob Woollen from Rightway Employee Wellbeing Solutions examines the new Med-3.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few months you will be aware that the new Med-3 form comes into play next week. Or does it? Some GPs are saying that whilst they have already ordered pads of the new 'fit note', they will be using up old stocks of Med-3 and Med-5 forms before they actually start issuing the new forms.

Responses to Dame Carol Black’s improved model of sick note have polarised the HR and occupational health community. Some have heralded its arrival with open arms, others are indifferent and, like any other change in policy it has its fair share of critics and cynics. This article will dispel some of the myths about the new form, and provide background information and opinion on its history and its future.