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

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

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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.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

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Date closed 4 November 2022
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