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Closed Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP/ACP) to Sign Sick note/Med3 Certificate

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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

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.

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