Medical Certificate in Prague: Online, Same-Day from €34.99

Prague is Czechia's capital and economic engine, generating roughly a quarter of national GDP and hosting the headquarters of major banks like Česká spořitelna, Komerční banka and ČSOB, the Czech National Bank, energy group ČEZ, and cybersecurity firm Avast (Gen Digital) alongside global business-services centres run by companies such as Accenture and Oracle. Czech law requires employees to report illness to their employer immediately, and the first 14 calendar days of incapacity are covered by the employer as wage compensation, with the state's official sick-leave certificate — the neschopenka, now issued electronically as eNeschopenka — handled by your registered GP (praktický lékař) reporting directly to the Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ) from day 15 onward; our doctors issue a separate medical certificate (lékařské potvrzení) for employers, universities and other institutions that don't require the formal state process.

Booking a same-day appointment with a registered GP in Prague isn't always straightforward, particularly in busy central and business districts where many practices are full for days at a time and some require you to already be a registered patient. Our online service lets you submit your case to a doctor within minutes, with most assessments completed within 24 hours, without needing to be on anyone's patient list.

Common situations we see from Prague: staff at banks, cybersecurity firms and global business-services centres needing fast documentation for a short absence, international employees who aren't registered with a Czech GP and need paperwork their employer will accept, and students in Prague needing medical proof to support a deferred exam or deadline.

Prague's largest single employer is not a bank or a software house but Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy, the city transit operator, with around 11,500 employees of whom roughly 4,300 are drivers working metro, tram and bus rosters around the clock. Václav Havel Airport employs over 2,700 people directly, with more than 14,000 working for companies operating at or linked to the airport. Motol University Hospital is the largest medical facility in the country and one of the largest in Europe, with 2,410 beds and almost 5,000 staff treating some 860,000 outpatients and 70,000 inpatients a year. In organisations of that size an absence is logged against a roster and an internal absence form, which is precisely the situation a written medical certificate is for.

Prague's primary-care problem is not distance. National figures put Czechia at 5,378 independent adult GP surgeries and 2,027 for children and adolescents in 2024, and virtually the whole population was within a 35-minute journey of a GP in 2023 — shortages are reported mainly in rural and border areas and in Central Bohemia. In Prague the constraint is capacity and convention: practices are full, and many only see patients already on their list. There is a commuting twist, too. A large share of the people working in Prague live in Central Bohemia, one of the regions named as under-supplied, so their registered practice is outside the city and closed by the time they get home. Meanwhile ÚZIS reports that half of all GPs for children and adolescents are at or near retirement age, with around 1,100 new full-time positions needed nationally — pressure that will not ease quickly.

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   Complete assessment

   3-5 minutes. Select your certificate type, confirm Czechia as your country, and answer relevant health questions. No payment yet, and nothing is submitted to any doctor until you confirm.

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   Doctor reviews your case

   Reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Czechia, generally during weekday business hours (CET/CEST). The doctor may request more information before deciding, and will only issue a certificate where it is clinically appropriate to do so.

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   Receive your PDF

   Emailed same day, usually within 30 minutes of approval, with doctor information and a verification reference that lets the recipient independently confirm your certificate is genuine.

Private in-person consultation costs are typical ranges reported for Czechia and vary by clinic, city, and doctor. This range reflects a private, out-of-pocket consultation and does not represent the cost of the publicly-funded neschopenka / eNeschopenka process, which is generally handled through your own treating doctor and the public health system.

Pricing generally reflects the depth of assessment each certificate type requires. A sports fitness certificate, for example, typically involves reviewing activity level and health history in more detail than a general medical certificate for straightforward documentation purposes. All prices shown include the doctor's review, your PDF certificate with certificate verification, and same-day delivery once approved.

Important distinction: Our online general medical certificate does not replace the formal neschopenka / eNeschopenka process. That process is generally tied to statutory sick pay and is typically issued directly by your own treating doctor into the electronic system used by ČSSZ and reported to your employer. If you need to claim Czechia's statutory sick pay, you would generally need to contact your registered GP (praktický lékař) rather than an online certificate service. Our certificate is intended for other, complementary purposes, such as insurance, visa, legal, education, sport, and travel documentation.

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Every Czechia certificate is reviewed by a doctor registered to assess cases in Czechia. A clinician will only issue a certificate after genuinely assessing your case, and only if it is clinically appropriate to do so. If a certificate cannot be issued after assessment, you receive a full refund. Our doctors review cases for the certificate types listed above; they do not issue Czechia's formal neschopenka, which generally needs to come from your own treating doctor as part of the eNeschopenka system.

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