Sick certificate · €25
Sick certificate online in Ireland
See an Irish Medical Council registered GP by video or phone without leaving home. A medical certificate for your employer, school or college is issued only where clinically appropriate. You pay for the consultation, not a guaranteed certificate.
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Which option is right for you?
Pick one. You never pay both for the same illness.
Just need a certificate?
€25
Verified sick leave, no call
Answer a few questions and send a short video. An Irish-registered GP reviews it.
Request verified sick leaveWant to talk to a GP?
€39
GP consultation, certificate included if needed
Video or phone. If the GP decides you need a sick certificate, it's included. You don't pay the €25 as well.
Book a GP consultationVerified sick leave · €25
Too unwell for a call? Send us a short video instead.
Answer a few quick questions and record a short video from your phone. An Irish Medical Council registered GP reviews it, usually within 2 hours (8am to 10pm, 7 days a week). Your certificate is issued after clinical assessment by the GP.
- A PDF showing your GP's name and IMC registration number
- A QR code your employer can scan to confirm it is genuine on novagp.ie
- Saved in your NOVAGP account, with an email when it is ready
Why NOVAGP
Feel better at home. We handle the paperwork.
Same-day care
Open 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
Trusted by employers
Every certificate carries the GP's name, IMC number and a QR code employers can check on novagp.ie.
Private by design
Your employer sees only the certificate — never your consultation, video or diagnosis. Data stays in the EU.
Fixed, fair fees
Verified sick leave is €25. No subscription, no surcharge, shown before you pay.
Sick certificate · €25
Social welfare (DSP) certificates must come from your regular GP.
How it runs, start to finish
Step 1
Book
Pick a slot — usually the same day.
Step 2
Video or phone consult
An IMC-registered GP assesses you.
Step 3
Clinical decision
The GP decides if a cert is appropriate.
Step 4
Certificate issued
Emailed to you and saved in your portal.
What we certify
A private medical certificate, for four situations
This is the complete list of what a sick-cert consultation with us produces — not a sample of a longer one.
Your employer
A private medical certificate stating that you are unfit for work and the dates it covers. This is the certificate a statutory sick pay claim depends on.
A school, college or exam board
For a missed exam, an assignment extension or a deferral. Institutions set their own submission deadlines — check yours before you book, because a late certificate is no use to you.
A return to work
Confirmation that you are fit to return — including a return on light duties with the restrictions written out, rather than a blunt fit-or-unfit verdict.
A child’s absence
A parent or guardian can book for a child under 16 and must be present for the consultation. The certificate is issued in the child’s name.
Earlier days of the same illness
Where the GP is satisfied on assessment that it is clinically justified, the certificate can cover days you were already unwell before the consultation. That decision rests with the doctor and is made during the consultation, not promised at booking.
If the absence is from college rather than work, the certificate is usually only half of it — most Irish institutions run their own extenuating-circumstances or deferral process, with its own form and its own deadline. Check that alongside your certificate.
What we cannot certify
Read this before you book
If you need the Certificate of Incapacity for Work to claim Illness Benefit, cover for days before your consultation, or a report for an insurer or an occupational health service, an online consultation cannot give you that and you should not book one for that purpose. Each is set out below with the person or body who can actually do it.
A certificate is a clinical decision, not a purchase
You are paying for a consultation with an Irish Medical Council registered GP. If, having assessed you, the GP concludes that a certificate is not clinically appropriate, they will not issue one, and the consultation fee still applies. Any service that guarantees you a certificate before a doctor has seen you is telling you something a doctor cannot honestly promise.
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