Vomiting or diarrhoea can make commuting, food handling, care work, and office work unsafe. A doctor checks hydration, red flags, work duties, and dates. From $24.95.
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For short gastro illness where online doctor review is clinically suitable.
Gastroenteritis can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, fever, and fatigue. For many people it is short-lived, but it can affect travel, food handling, care work, concentration, and basic work capacity while symptoms are active.
You answer a structured health form covering when symptoms started, how often you have vomited or had diarrhoea, whether you can keep fluids down, the dates you need covered, and any red flags that would make online review unsafe.
If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF with standard workplace evidence details. A routine gastro certificate documents absence. It is not a return-to-food-handling clearance or a substitute for urgent care if dehydration, blood, severe pain, pregnancy concerns, or worsening symptoms are present.
Online review is best suited to short, uncomplicated gastro symptoms where the clinical story is clear and no physical examination is needed.
The doctor checks whether your symptoms, timing, hydration, work duties, and requested dates support routine absence evidence.
A routine gastro certificate focuses on work capacity and absence dates. It usually does not need to disclose the exact diagnosis or symptom details.
Gastro can create infection-control or safety questions beyond a standard absence certificate.
Gastro certificates include standard doctor and absence details. Employer policies may vary.
Hydration checked
Fluids and red flags
Duties matter
Food, care, driving
No clearance
Absence evidence only
No appointments. Doctor-reviewed certificate requests.
Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.
An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.
If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.
Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.
An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.
If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.
Not for emergencies
If you have chest pain, difficulty breathing, or any life-threatening symptoms, call 000 or go to your nearest emergency department.
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For short gastro illness where routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.
Full refund if the doctor declines.
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