Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides on the issuing of fit notes by GP practices for welfare assessments.

The Department provides the following guidance to GPs on fit notes – “Getting the most out of the fit note” and “a short guide to the benefit system for general practitioners” both of which contain information on issuing fit notes to benefit claimants.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/465918/fit-note-gps-guidance.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-short-guide-to-the-benefit-system-for-general-practitioners