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<p>The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985 already allow for other
forms of medical information to be used in place of a fit note as long as there is
an agreement between employer and employee that the other option, which can include
an Allied Health Professions Advisory Fitness for Work Report, is acceptable. The
regulations do not however name a particular alternative as being the most suitable
replacement.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, The Government Command paper “<em>Improving
Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability” </em>committed to investigating
the feasibility of using the AHP Advisory Fitness for Work Report for the purposes
of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). The Paper can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p><p>
</p><p>A rapid review was held in February 2018 involving extensive work by the Royal
College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) with its fellow organisations under the
Allied Health Professions Federation and the Joint Department for Health and Social
Care and Department for Work and Pensions Work and Health Unit. Following this, the
RCOT and Chartered Society of Physiotherapists released a statement advising their
members that the Allied Health Professions report can be used to provide evidence
for the purposes of SSP and encouraging them to increase their use of this document
within their professional remits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The link to statement
can be found here: <a href="https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay"
target="_blank">https://www.rcot.co.uk/news/ahp-advisory-fitness-work-report-admissible-evidence-statutory-sick-pay</a></p><p>
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