Get An Online Medical Certificate Quickly and Easily

This service is suitable for you, ONLY if:

• You require a sick cert for work or studies.
• You are 18 years of age or over.
• Your illness is NOT a medical emergency nor requires urgent or in person care by a GP or medical professional.
• Require a sick certificate for a minor illness from one day to a maximum of five days.
• Have a minor illness which you may have before such as COVID, Cough, Sore Throat, Common Cold or Flu.
• Your minor illness is a current illness (we are unable to back date sick certificates).
• You are not looking for a sick cert to be used for another adult or for a child (less than 18 years of age)  in your care. 
• You are NOT pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding.
• You have never been diagnosed with any serious chronic (long-lasting) medical condition in the past by a doctor.
• You have received two sick certificates from GetSickCert with any 30 day period (we cannot issue further sick certificates in that case).
• You have received a sick certificate from GetSickCert within the past 7 day period (we cannot issue another sick certificate within this period)

This service is NOT suitable for you if:

• You require a sick cert for Department of Social Protection(If you need a medical certificate for this purpose you should visit your local GP in person)
• You are under the age of 18 years old or you are looking to use this service for a sick cert for another adult that is not you.
• Your illness is a medical emergency or requires urgent or in person care by a GP or medical professional.
• You are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or breastfeeding.
• You had a prior sick cert in the past 7 days.
• You are requesting a back-dated sick cert (we are unable back date sick certificates).
• You have been diagnosed with certain diseases that affect your blood vessels.
• You have been diagnosed with heart, neurological, liver or kidney disease.

We strive to help every user but there are some conditions that are outside the scope of this service, for which we CANNOT issue a sick cert:

• Broken or suspected broken bones
• Any trauma, accident or injury of any kind
• Severe or serious  symptoms of any kind (breathing issues, chest pain, headache, abdominal pain, confusion or bleeding)
• Eye infections or injuries
• Conditions that require in-person examination such as testicular or breast lumps
• Where a test is required such as Blood Tests, ECG,XRAY, CT or MRI scans
• Medications requests or side effects
• Pregnancy-related issues
• Mental health conditions

Once you’ve completed and sent in your form, your application will be reviewed by our team of doctors. Pending approval you can receive your sick certificate within 24hrs or a few days, depending on which service you have chosen. It may take a little longer if the doctor needs to contact you for more information (please be as give as much clear and accurate information as possible).

We have a team of Irish certified medical professionals who assess our users’ forms. All information given is strictly confidential and cannot be shared with anyone else.

All certificates issued follow the requirements of Irish State Law. Since 1st January 2023, employees have a right to 3 days’ statutory sick pay (legal minimum) per year. You can get sick pay of 70% of normal weekly pay, up to a maximum €110 a day.
You are entitled to sick pay even if you are: on probation, undergoing training (interns), an apprentice, an agency worker.
To qualify you must: be an employee (worked at least 13 continuous weeks) and be certified by a GP as unable to work.

We are located in the Republic of Ireland and operate from there.

Prices for the delivery of certificates can be found on the form page