Petition Nurses to sign fit notes (med3)

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Qualified Nurse Prescribers 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 a qualified nurse with advanced skills, has to wait to get a Doctors approval should they need a period of absence from work.

Nurse prescribers 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.

The Royal College of Nursing has extensively lobbied for nurses to be able to sign sick certificates /new ‘well’ certificate.

Allowing nurses to sign Med3 is sensible and cost-effective use of existing resources.

We the under signed urge you to discuss this issue with your colleagues in the Department of Health and Social Security and help effect a sensible solution.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

422 signatures

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Date closed 14 August 2013
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