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No, but you must keep providing fit notes if you are on Universal Credit to maintain your benefits. UC may say they do not need fit notes as you have been found fit for work but it is a good idea to continue to get fit notes anyway (consider getting a long fit note if you can) and provide them to Universal Credit.

For all our advice on how to give yourself the best chance of a successful MR see Challenging a work capability assessment decision. Please use our free WCA mandatory reconsideration letter tool as research suggests it more than doubles your chances of success at this stage.

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