Plan your return to work after time off sick

Help me plan my return to work after sickness absence.

How long I've been off: [weeks or months]
What my fit note or GP says: [e.g. phased return, amended duties]
My role: [details]
What worries me: [e.g. workload, questions from colleagues]
What would help: [e.g. shorter days at first, no evening shifts]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A 4-week phased return plan to suggest, with hours and duties each week.
2. A checklist for my return-to-work meeting: what to say, ask for and agree.
3. A short message for colleagues, sharing only what I want to.
4. A review plan: when we'll check in and what success looks like.
5. Remind me to read Acas on returning to work after absence and GOV.UK on fit notes, and that Access to Work might help.

This isn't medical advice. This is help with wording and preparation, not legal advice; point me to Acas (helpline 0300 123 1100, Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) or GOV.UK for my rights, and to Citizens Advice or a union if I need someone on my side. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

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Help me plan my return to work after sickness absence.

How long I've been off: [weeks or months]
What my fit note or GP says: [e.g. phased return, amended duties]
My role: [details]
What worries me: [e.g. workload, questions from colleagues]
What would help: [e.g. shorter days at first, no evening shifts]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A 4-week phased return plan to suggest, with hours and duties each week.
2. A checklist for my return-to-work meeting: what to say, ask for and agree.
3. A short message for colleagues, sharing only what I want to.
4. A review plan: when we'll check in and what success looks like.
5. Remind me to read Acas on returning to work after absence and GOV.UK on fit notes, and that Access to Work might help.

This isn't medical advice. This is help with wording and preparation, not legal advice; point me to Acas (helpline 0300 123 1100, Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) or GOV.UK for my rights, and to Citizens Advice or a union if I need someone on my side. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English.

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