Requesting Sick/Welfare Certs

Sick Certs

Patients requiring a sick cert for work, should call Abbey House Medical Centre on 046 905 1500, or call in to the medical centre in person. Details of the request will be forwarded to your GP and certs are usually available for collection the 24 hours later. You may be required to see your GP prior to receiving a sick cert.

Social Welfare Certs

Patients requiring a social welfare certificate must see a GP and/or provide correspondence from another doctor to qualify for the first Social Welfare certificate. You will be requested to provide your PPS number and exact dates for which the Social Welfare certificate is requested. Patients must be absent from work for three or more days before receiving a Social Welfare cert. The first cert (blue cert) covers a period up to one week’s absence from work. Patients absent from work for more than one week you will receive a weekly (yellow) cert. When the patient is fit to return to work they will receive a final Social Welfare cert after seeing their GP.