Reports and Certificates

Once your request has been submitted it will be reviewed and actioned accordingly – you will receive an email advising the outcome of your request.

On submission of the request form, a copy will be sent to the email address you entered on the form.

Please note the following:

1. Requesting a medical certificate whilst visiting the urgent doctor clinics is inappropriate and the doctor will not be able to do one.  The urgent doctor is for urgent medical problems requiring immediate treatment. A medical certificate is not considered an urgent medical problem.
2. There is no guarantee that the doctor will provide a certificate
3. Medical certificates will only be provided where there is sufficient medical evidence and that it is likely to have affected studies
4. Completed certificates are emailed directly to YOU (the student) within 10 working days. Please ensure you supply the correct email address
5. YOU (the student) are responsible for forwarding the completed certificate onto the school. This is not the responsibility of the medical centre to do this
6. Medical certificates once done, cannot be amended
7. Certificates go through a centralised process so there is no point, if refused a certificate by one doctor, in trying to book an appointment with a further doctor to try and convince them to give you a certificate instead. 
8. Do not use this form for exam circumstances – you will need to see Guidelines for Exams

For short-term circumstances you can apply for one automatic extension (self-certified extension request or SCR) of 7 calendar days for each assessment deadline. No evidence is required but you can only use this option within 7 calendar days before the deadline passes.

Visit my.uea.ac.uk for advice, guidance, regulations ad FAQs on medical certificates

SCRs cannot be used for any assessments involving group work or for an ‘event’ assessment that you must complete at a specific time, like an exam.