Fit notes issued by GP practices

Experimental data on electronic fit notes issued in general practices in England and covers the period from 1 December 2014, when these data became available, to 31 March 2017. The Statement of Fitness for Work (the Med3 form or 'fit note') was introduced in April 2010 across England, Wales and Scotland replacing the previous medical statement which had been unchanged for 40 years. Rather than confirming a patient's inability to work, the fit note allows the GP to use the option of 'may be fit for work' and to provide advice on how work may be resumed, considering what adjustments or adaptations to the job role or workplace would be required. In 2012 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funded a project to provide GPs with the ability to produce computer-generated fit notes (eMed3) and this included the capability to collect the aggregated data generated. Fit notes are issued to patients by doctors following an assessment of their fitness for work. While they can be written by hand, most fit notes provided by a GP are now computer-generated.本数据集包含英格兰全科诊所开具的电子病假证明（fit note）实验数据，覆盖时段为2014年12月1日（该类数据首次可获取之日）至2017年3月31日。 工作健康能力证明声明（Statement of Fitness for Work，即Med3表格或“病假证明（fit note）”）于2010年4月在英格兰、威尔士与苏格兰正式推行，取代了沿用40年未作修订的旧版医疗证明。与仅确认患者丧失工作能力的旧证明不同，新版病假证明允许全科医师（General Practitioner，GP）选择“可逐步恢复工作”的评估选项，并结合岗位或工作场所所需的调整与适配方案，为患者提供复工指导建议。 2012年，英国工作与养老金部（Department for Work and Pensions, DWP）资助了一项项目，为全科医师提供开具计算机生成版病假证明（eMed3）的功能，同时支持采集该流程所产生的聚合数据。 病假证明由医师在评估患者工作健康能力后开具给患者。尽管支持手写形式，但目前多数全科医师开具的病假证明均为计算机生成版本。