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Ministry of Health
Parliamentary QA

POLYCLINICS' PROCESSES FOR ISSUANCE OF MEMOS FOR BEING MEDICALLY UNFIT FOR WORK

18 February 2025

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3446

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 18 FEBRURARY 2025

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim

MP for Sengkang GRC

Question No. 7240

To ask the Minister for Health whether medical professionals at polyclinics have been advised to no longer issue memos declaring that an individual is deemed medically unfit for work.

Written Answer

There has been no advice to medical professionals at polyclinics to stop issuing memos declaring an individual's unfitness for work. Medical certificates and memos certifying unfitness to work continued to be issued at the discretion of the doctor, based on a clinical assessment of the patient.