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It is a requirement of your registration with the University of Manchester that you register with a local general practitioner. A list of GP practices can be obtained from the Student Health Service, any University hall of residence or a local Pharmacy. According to guidance issued by the General Medical Council it would not be regarded as good practice for a family member to be the registered GP or to offer treatment except in the case of an emergency.
You should always consult your GP (or for emergencies the Accident and Emergency Department of a hospital) if your illness is severe, if it persists or if you are in any doubt about your health. You should also consult your GP if illness keeps you absent from the University for more than 7 days including week-ends. If you do consult a GP and they consider that you are not fit for attendance at the University, then you should obtain a note from the doctor to that effect or ask them to complete Part III of the University form `Certification of Student Ill Health' copies of which are available at local GP surgeries and the Student Support Office. You should hand this certificate to your Programme Director or the Student Support Office as appropriate at the earliest opportunity.
If your condition is not sufficiently serious to cause you to seek medical help, then the University will not require you to supply a doctor's medical certificate unless you are absent from the University due to illness for more than 7 days. You must however contact the Student Support Office as soon as possible and self-certify your illness (that is complete and sign the `Certification of Student Ill Health' form to state that you have been ill) as soon as you are able to attend your school. You should do this if your illness means you are absent from the University for any period up to 7 days, or if you are able to attend the University but your illness is affecting your studies.
The following explains what you should do if your illness affects your attendance at compulsory classes or if you consider that your performance in your studies/examinations has been impaired: If you are unwell and feel unable to attend the University to take a compulsory class, assessment or examination then you must seek advice by contacting the Student Support Office immediately, in person, through a friend or family member, by telephone or by email. This is to ensure that you understand the implications of being absent and the consequences for your academic progress, which might be quite serious. You must do this as soon as possible so that all options can be considered and certainly no later than the day of your compulsory class, assessment or examination. If you do not do this then you will normally be considered to have been absent from the class without good reason, or to have taken the assessment or examination in which case you will be given a mark of zero. You must also complete and hand in a `Certification of Student Ill Health' form on your return.
You may be unwell but able to proceed with an assessment or examination and yet you feel that your performance will have been impaired. If you wish this to be taken into account as an extenuating circumstance, you must inform the Student Support Office about this on the day of the assessment or examination and hand in to the Student Support Office a completed `Certification of Student Ill Health' form. If you leave this until later it will not normally be possible to take your illness into account when assessing your performance.
If, as a consequence of your illness, you wish to seek an extension to a deadline for submitting assessed coursework, you must complete a `Certification of Student Ill Health' form and discuss it with the Programme Director. The application for extension must be made before the deadline and not retrospectively.
You may be receiving occasional and ongoing medical attention which affects your studies. If so, you should obtain a letter from your physician which should be given to the Student Support Office before the relevant examination period if you wish your condition to be taken into account as an extenuating circumstance.
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