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Absence on Medical Grounds
Leave on Medical Grounds is an authorised period of absence in addition to Annual Leave to allow Service personnel the opportunity to rest or receive treatment for an illness or injury.
Leave on Medical Grounds includes 3 types of absence:
- Sick Leave is an authorised period of absence or convalescence granted to a Service person who is, due to sickness or injury, unfit for military duty.
- Hospital In-Patient is a period of absence granted to a Service person who is admitted to hospital for treatment for more than 24 hours.
- Hospital Sick Leave is a period of absence recommended by the patient’s consultant whilst a patient is undergoing treatment at a secondary care facility
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As a Service person living in SFA, have you ever had to take leave to wait at home for a contractor? If so, please answer 'yes' and click on the brown ‘Have your Say’ block and let us know how much leave you have lost this way in the last 12 months.