Whose responsibility??

[Avearage]

So my midwife advice is I need to be at home as I have 3 x risk factors putting me high risk for coronavirus, however hr at work won't "send me home" I physically can't work from home nor can I do my job at a 2 meter distance.
So they say if it's my choice I won't be paid or if its only advice...... However if a medical professional tells me I have to be at home that's different. Has anyone asked there Dr or medical professional about this yet?

This happened to me. I was told by the midwife to stay off work for the rest of my 3rd trimester. I asked the doctor for a sick line and was told they weren't doing them and I was entitled to be off with ssp and my work could sort it out for me. Phoned my work and told the boss. All OK until a week later he phoned me saying the person doing the pay said they can't get me ssp without a sick line so I'd need to go back to work. I phoned the gp surgery again and spoke to a different doctor. Again they said I didn't need the line but she would do it because the guidance is blurry and she didn't want to cause me stress. So I got a sick line up until I start maternity leave next month.
It is pretty stressful trying to get it organised. I hope you get a line also.

@Avearage To me a midwife is a medical professional. Can they give you their advice in writing on headed paper? May I ask what you do?

OK, I'm going to start chasing Monday.... I've been more than willing to actually go into work but they have then side stepped and said I'm on ssp and should follow advice.... but need to prove why and the reasons to continue to be paid....
I work in care with a fairly sizeable team and I can't 1/1 patients all are 2/1 care needs.
I'm fed up really with work saying oh it's your choice... But when I say I'm coming back they side step then expecting a note to be provided at 6pm on a Friday!!

I did ask midwife she said she can't write a note so I need to chase the Dr or consultant....

I had the same thing at my work. Struggled to get them to give me the time off despite being very at risk. But my GP’s had no problem giving me a note, I rang up and said I’d spoken to work and they wouldn’t have me off until I got a sick note, that I’d rang NHS 111 and they referred me to GP for the sick note and they said they’d ask a doctor and a few hours later they called me and said they’d written me off for 4 weeks (until my holiday/maternity started) and they’d send it in the post!

I was a key worker though, working in close proximity to 200+ members of the public daily

You need a sick note essentially, one that says you are fit for work but only with adjustments, those are home working.
Then if they can’t do that you are then off sick.

See my attached image if you can, that was mine from last year. I was high risk of pre term labour so consultant recommended home working and reduced hours.
If my job couldn’t accommodate I’d be signed off sick.

I thought employers need to do a risk assessment on pregnant workers and assign them to safe duties. Failure to do so is discrimination (had an issue with my employer during pregnancy)

take a look on the Maternity Action website. There's some really useul info on there

If you are in care then the RCOG guidelines for health care workers apply. How many weeks are you? If 28+ the advice is a blanket avoid patient contact. If less than 28 weeks it is your choice to not be patient facing, if they can’t amend your duties to comply with this or allow you to work from home then they suspend you on full pay, it’s called a maternity suspension. Have a look at Maternity Action and Pregnant Then Screwed websites.

If you have a sick note then I would just sit on that as it avoids the confrontation and keeps you out of a risky environment which is the goal

I'm hoping Monday I can one actually get through to a Dr and they can help....as apose to them sending me chasing the consultant I'm under...... Work are dragging there feet as they know its already been placed back in there court 3 times!! Makes me laugh really when I know they have people isolating for much less without all this hassle!!