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Sick before an exam at UNE? Get special consideration sorted.

A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate to attach to your UNE application.

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Normally within five working days after your last exam

If the doctor signs off, issued the day you're seen

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Real-time call. Medical statement. Verified online.
  • Real-time doctor consultation
  • AHPRA-registered doctors
  • Certificate in the format UNE requires
  • Verification link
  • Issued the day you're seen
  • All Australian institutions

One flat fee at UNE.

UNE special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

The evidence UNE asks a doctor for, from one real-time call. For an exam, an assignment or an extension.

  • The medical statement UNE asks for, dated, signed and verifiable
  • A medical support letter
  • A real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor
  • A two-minute form and a preconsult call, so the doctor's call is short
  • Issued the day you're seen, if the doctor signs off

Issued only if the doctor finds it clinically appropriate. If the doctor completes your consult and decides a certificate isn't appropriate, the fee still applies. We refund it only when we can't deliver the consultation.

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Five things UNE checks. One call covers them.

What UNE looks for in your evidence, and how the consult answers it.

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Video or phone. AHPRA signed. Same-day consult.
  1. 01

    A video or phone consult

    Every Doccy consult is a real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor.

  2. 02

    That you couldn't sit or finish it

    The doctor records the assessment and the date it falls on.

  3. 03

    When you were seen, and for how long

    Dated the day of your call, covering the days the doctor confirms.

  4. 04

    Who signed it

    Registration and practice details printed, with a link UNE can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    Normally within five working days after your last exam. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why UNE students choose Doccy for special consideration.

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From bed, today. AHPRA signed. 24/7 access.
  1. 01

    Seen from bed, the same day

    No waiting room. A doctor calls you, and if they sign off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

  2. 02

    The history is taken before the doctor calls

    A two-minute form and a preconsult call collect your dates and symptoms, so the doctor's call is short.

  3. 03

    Evidence UNE can check

    Signed by an AHPRA-registered doctor, with a verification link on every certificate.

  4. 04

    One price, shown before you start

    One flat fee for the consult and everything it issues. Nothing added at checkout.

Too unwell for an exam or assignment at UNE? Start here.

Your next step at UNE, and what to tell the doctor.

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts. Normally within five working days after your last exam.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell UNE now, then see a doctor today.

  3. 03

    I'm too unwell to finish an assignment

    Tell the doctor the due date and when you fell ill.

  4. 04

    I became unwell during the exam

    Tell the invigilator at the time, then see a doctor the same day.

  5. 05

    UNE has its own application form

    You complete it; the doctor's certificate goes with it.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    UNE handles it through deferred examination.

From unwell to lodged at UNE

UNE's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    See a doctor while unwell

    A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.

  2. 02

    Apply through AskUNE

    Normally within five working days after your last exam.

  3. 03

    Attach your evidence

    The medical certificate after a real-time doctor call.

  4. 04

    Keep the verification link

    UNE may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.

UNE special consideration form and deadline

You complete UNE's form. The doctor's certificate goes with it.

UNE policies checked 23 October 2026

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Student form. Telehealth not mentioned. Verified online.
  1. 01

    The form

    Deferred Examination form. You complete your section and attach the certificate.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    Normally within five working days after your last exam. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    UNE's deferred examination guidance does not address telehealth or the modality of the consultation. It asks for medical documents that detail the extent, duration and impact of the illness on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    The date on which you were consulted. The extent of the condition and its impact on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    UNE does not require the name or title of the illness. What it requires is the extent, duration and impact, so a certificate that names a diagnosis but omits the impact is the weaker document. The period the certificate covers has to include the exam date. A certificate that starts the day after the exam does not support the application.

One consultation, three UNE outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Deferred examination

A deferred examination is a later sitting granted where illness or misadventure stopped you attending or performing in a scheduled exam. You lodge the Deferred Examination form through AskUNE with the medical certificate attached.

Deferred examination after a missed exam

Where you could not attend the exam at all, apply as soon as the exam period is over rather than waiting for the result. UNE asks for the application within five working days after your last exam.

Exam sat while unwell

If you sat the exam but were unwell during it, the same application covers you. The medical document needs to say how the condition affected your performance on the day, not just that you were ill.

After you lodge at UNE

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long UNE takes

UNE emails the decision to your student email address. Its deferred examination page gives no turnaround time.

If approved, your result shows as SPE or SPS. For an SPE, the Examinations Team arranges the exam in the next exam period and sends details eight weeks before it starts. For an SPS, your Unit Coordinator arranges it with you.

If UNE says no

An application without the supporting evidence cannot be considered.

To contest the decision, lodge the online Appeal Against an Academic Assessment Form within 10 working days of its release, or 20 for international students. The Head of School assesses it.

UNE special consideration FAQs

Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UNE, from its published policy. How special consideration works at every university

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Does UNE accept online medical certificates?

UNE's guidance does not address telehealth or how the consultation happened. It asks for medical documents detailing the extent, duration and impact of the illness on your ability to attend or perform during the exam. Silence on modality is not acceptance, so make sure the impact statement is in the certificate.

What is the UNE deferred exam deadline?

Normally within five working days after your last exam. Applications go through the Contact Us tab in AskUNE, or by post or fax using the contact details on the application form.

What is the UNE Deferred Examination form?

It is the form you complete to ask for a deferred examination. UNE has no practitioner section on it, so the doctor writes an ordinary certificate and you attach it. The certificate has to carry the extent, duration and impact detail the University asks for.

Does my UNE certificate have to name my illness?

No. UNE states that the certificate does not need to specify the name or title of your illness. What it does need is the date you were consulted, the extent and duration of the condition, and the impact on your ability to attend or perform during the exam.

Can I apply for a UNE deferred exam if I sat the exam anyway?

Yes. The application covers both missing the exam and performing poorly while unwell. In that case the medical document should say how the condition affected your performance on the day. The certificate still has to cover the examination date.

Unwell before a UNE assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate UNE asks you to attach.

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Australian registered doctors. Real-time consultation. Verification link provided.

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