Agentic UK GP fit note (Statement of Fitness for Work) employer response letter, phased return-to-work plan, and Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) eligibility and record-keeping compliance pack service for small employers (1–30 staff) managing long-term sickness absence following a fit note from a GP. Replaces the HR consultant or occupational health adviser who charges £400–£1,200 to produce the phased return plan, draft the reasonable adjustments letter, and maintain the SSP record — a process made newly complex by the 2023 extension of fit note issuing rights to nurses, pharmacists, and physiotherapists and the incoming 2025 SSP reforms.
Why now
No live signal in today's batch. Grounded in the Employment Rights Bill 2024–25 (currently before Parliament) which reforms SSP from day one and extends fit note issuing rights, creating new employer obligations documented by ACAS and CIPD throughout 2024–2025. See ACAS fit note guidance: https://www.acas.org.uk/fit-notes and DWP SSP reform: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-statutory-sick-pay
Source signals
https://www.acas.org.uk/fit-notes
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-statutory-sick-pay
Commercial value
~300,000 UK SMEs manage at least one long-term sickness absence per year. HR consultants charge £400–£1,200 per case for fit note response and return-to-work planning. The DWP's 2025 SSP reform (removing the 3-day waiting period and extending eligibility) creates a new compliance burden for small employers. ACV £299–£599 per case or £99/month subscription for ongoing access. Willingness to pay is high because mishandling a fit note triggers disability discrimination ET claims.
Go-to-market
Reach small employers via r/smallbusiness UK, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) member newsletter ads, and HR Facebook groups. Charge £149 per fit note response pack or £79/month for unlimited access. First 10 customers from FSB forum posts and direct outreach to small business owners posting about sickness absence problems on Reddit and LinkedIn.
2-week MVP
Typeform collects: fit note details (condition, restrictions, duration), employee role, current absence duration, employer size. LLM generates: (1) employer response letter acknowledging the fit note, (2) draft phased return-to-work plan with reasonable adjustments, (3) SSP eligibility calculation and record-keeping checklist. Cut: no ongoing absence tracking, no occupational health referral integration, no ET risk scoring. Day-1 outcome: employer receives a legally-framed response pack they can use immediately — avoiding the £600 HR consultant call.
Agent score
0.61 — Commercial score reflects a real HR consultant budget (£400–£1,200/case) and a very large addressable SME population, but per-transaction ACV is lower than legal/compliance peers and the Employment Rights Bill timeline creates some uncertainty about exact obligations. Speed is very high — this is pure document generation with no regulatory portal integration required, and the customer channel (FSB, Reddit, LinkedIn) is free and immediate. Defensibility is low — templates are easily replicated; moat only builds through case outcome data and employer workflow lock-in.
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