Get a Sick Note for PTSD
PTSD is a clinically recognised condition and a valid reason to take time off work. Certificates are issued by a GMC-registered UK doctor, with full sensitivity and confidentiality.
You should not have to explain yourself in a waiting room to get the documentation you need. Get a signed GP sick note. No appointment needed.
✔ PTSD, complex PTSD, trauma-related conditions and acute stress responses considered.
✔ Treated with full clinical sensitivity and confidentiality.
✔ Most reviewed same day, or by 9am the next morning. £47.
✔ Full refund if the GP cannot issue.
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Accepted by most UK employers, universities and insurers, subject to their own policies. All consultations are subject to clinical assessment and certificates are issued only where clinically appropriate.
Need ongoing support documentation? See also our mental health support letter and stress leave certificate.
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How It Works
Complete short online consult
No appointment required.
Complete a short medical questionnaire and upload any supporting evidence.
Doctor reviews your evidence
A GMC-registered doctor reviews your submission individually.
✔ Full refund if a certificate cannot be issued.
Receive your certificate
Most certificates are issued same day, almost all by 9AM the next morning. Delivered as a signed PDF. A doctor will email you if more evidence is needed.
Certificate security
Every MedicalCert certificate can be checked as genuine
Each certificate is issued with anti-tampering protection and its own verification reference. If your employer, university, airline or insurer wants to confirm the document came from a GMC-registered doctor, they can check it against MedicalCert records. Altered or copied documents do not pass that check.
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Sick Note for PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition that develops after exposure to a traumatic event or series of events. It is a recognised basis for a sick note in the UK, a GMC-registered doctor can certify that your PTSD symptoms are preventing you from working, in exactly the same way as any physical illness.
MedicalCert arranges a remote review by a GMC-registered UK doctor, with no GP appointment and no waiting room. Most requests submitted before 9pm are reviewed the same day, and the rest by 9am the next morning. The review is based on the information you provide. It is not a face-to-face examination or a specialist mental health assessment, and it does not itself amount to a diagnosis of PTSD. Whether a private certificate is accepted is the employer’s decision, because GOV.UK leaves the choice of evidence to the employer.
For general guidance covering the 7-day rule, sick pay, SSP April 2026 changes, your legal rights, and what the certificate contains, see our mental health sick note guide. This page covers what is specific to PTSD.
PTSD Symptoms That Affect Fitness for Work
PTSD affects people in highly individual ways. A doctor assesses how the symptoms you report are impairing your ability to do your job, rather than making or confirming a psychiatric diagnosis. The following are common functional impairments considered in a PTSD fitness-for-work assessment:
Flashbacks and intrusive memoriesInvoluntary re-experiencing of the traumatic event that interrupts concentration, decision-making, or the ability to engage with work tasks.
Hypervigilance and startle responsePersistent state of alertness that makes a normal working environment, including noise, crowds, or open-plan offices, severely distressing or unsafe.
Avoidance of triggersActive avoidance of people, places, conversations, or tasks that trigger traumatic memories, potentially including specific colleagues, workplaces, or job duties.
Sleep disturbance and nightmaresSevere insomnia or recurring nightmares causing exhaustion that makes attendance or safe performance of duties impossible.
Cognitive impairmentDifficulty concentrating, memory problems, and dissociative episodes that impair judgement, communication, and the ability to complete work tasks safely.
Emotional dysregulation and angerIntense emotional responses or irritability, particularly relevant in roles involving public contact, team management, or safety-critical environments.
PTSD caused by a workplace incident: Where your PTSD was caused or worsened by events at work, such as an assault, accident, harassment, or traumatic incident, your employer has an additional duty of care. A sick note documents the incapacity; a separate occupational health referral or legal claim may also be appropriate in these circumstances.
PTSD as a Disability and Your Equality Act Rights
Equality Act 2010 and the disability test
PTSD can qualify as a disability under the Equality Act 2010 where it has had a substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day-to-day activities for 12 months or more, or is likely to. This covers difficulties with concentration, travel, social interaction, sleep, and the ability to work. The statutory test turns on impact rather than label, so a formal diagnosis is not strictly required where the functional effects are clearly present. Whether the threshold is met in your case is for the employer to assess and, where it is disputed, for an employment tribunal.
Complex PTSD and recurring PTSD: Conditions that fluctuate or recur over time still qualify as disabilities if the overall long-term picture meets the test. A period of apparent stability does not extinguish disability status if the condition is likely to recur. That comes from the Act itself. Schedule 1, paragraph 2(2) provides that where an impairment stops having a substantial adverse effect, it is treated as continuing to have that effect if the effect is likely to recur.
Employer duty once PTSD is disclosed: The duty to make reasonable adjustments applies to an employer under section 39(5) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Equality Act 2010. Section 20 only defines the three requirements. Schedule 8, paragraph 20 removes that duty where the employer does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know, that you are disabled and likely to be put at a substantial disadvantage, which is why telling your employer in writing matters. The duty is to make the adjustments that are reasonable, not every adjustment you ask for. Separately, health information is special category data under UK data protection law, so an employer needs a lawful basis before sharing it with colleagues, and in practice that normally means your agreement.
PTSD caused by work: Where PTSD has arisen from a workplace incident, bullying, assault, witnessing injury, or other traumatic events at work, this may also engage employer liability under health and safety law, separate from the Equality Act framework.
Reasonable Adjustments for PTSD at Work
A certificate for PTSD can include suggested workplace adjustments to support a safe return, although the employer decides what is reasonable in your particular job. Acas lists the following among its examples of reasonable adjustments for mental health at work:
If you need documentation specifically focused on workplace modifications rather than absence certification, a work adjustment certificate provides a more detailed clinical framing for adjustment requests.
