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.

本数据集收录了英格兰普通诊所自2014年12月1日（数据首次可用）起至2017年3月31日所发放的电子健康状态证明（Med3表格或称'健康证明'）的实验性数据。健康状态证明（健康证明）于2010年4月在英国、威尔士和苏格兰全面推行，用以取代此前40年未曾变更的旧版医疗证明。该证明并非确认患者无法工作，而是允许全科医生选择使用'可能适合工作'的选项，并就如何恢复工作提供建议，同时考虑对工作角色或工作场所可能需要的调整或适应措施。2012年，英国就业与养老金部（DWP）资助了一项项目，旨在为全科医生提供生成计算机生成健康证明（eMed3）的能力，并包括收集生成的汇总数据的功能。健康证明由医生在评估患者工作能力后发放，尽管可以手写，但现在由全科医生提供的健康证明大部分是计算机生成的。