If you're a midwife, practice nurse, or health visitor you can register online to issue maternity exemption certificates.
Mothers will get their digital exemption certificate straight away if they give you an email address.
To register online you'll need:
- to be on the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR)
- an email address with a secure service, such as NHSmail
We will check this for you when you register.
If you're already registered, sign in to issue certificates.
Sign inRead more about this service in our NHS maternity exemption certificate guidance (PDF: 206KB).