ANP are trained and trusted to manage a patient’s care, prescribe drugs, or admit them to hospital, but we cannot legally sign a document which allows the patient time off work for that same condition. Hence we request Government to allow Advanced Nurse Practitioner to sign Med3 note
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Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) can issue any medication, full assess and manage patient care, However it is still a legal requirement for doctors to sign Med3 ‘sick’ certificates.
The situation is frustrating for the patient who, having been assessed and treated by ANP, a qualified nurse with advanced knowledge and skills, has to wait to get a Doctors approval should they need a period of absence from work.
Allowing nurses to sign Med3 is sensible and cost-effective use of existing resources.