How to Write a Get-Well Letter

Your goal is to express warm feelings of care and concern

Written by WriteExpress Staff Writers

1. Express your regret that the person is ill or injured.
2. Communicate your sincere concern and reassure the reader of your support.
3. Indicate your hope and assurance that the person will get well soon.
4. If desired, you could express your sincere appreciation to the person for being a good friend, trusted colleague, kind neighbor, positive role model, or the like.
5. If appropriate, mention that the person is missed. You might also mention specific things you miss about the person, such as his/her warm sense of humor or his/her habit of bringing office treats to weekly meetings.
6. Close your letter by reiterating your hope that the reader will have a speedy recovery.

Get-Well Letter Tips:

• Overall your letters should express genuine feelings of care and concern.
• Be positive when writing this letter.

• You might want to include humorous anecdotes or good news that will cheer the reader.
• When writing to a child, be particularly upbeat and positive. Don’t include anything in your letter that might cause the child undue concern, and don’t dwell on the illness or disease.
• If you have included a gift with your letter, briefly mention it.
• If desired, you could mention that the person is in your thoughts and prayers.
• Be sure to write this letter in a timely manner. Don't procrastinate!

Example get-well-letters

• Write a get-well message regarding an employee's or business associate's family member who is suffering from illness or injury
• Write a get-well message to a child suffering from illness or injury
• Write a get-well message to a friend or relative suffering from an illness or injury
• Write a get-well message to a teacher suffering from illness or injury
• Write a get-well message to an employee or business associate suffering from illness or injury

Letters related to get-well letters

• Announce bad news to employees
• Announce the death of a family member, or write the obituary
• Announce the death of a family member to other family members, close friends, and acquaintances
• Announce the death of an employee or an employee's relative
• Encourage an employee after a disappointment or a company setback
• Express regret on the defeat of legislation or the loss of an election
• Inform employees of another's illness
• Offer sympathy for a marriage separation or divorce
• Offer sympathy for loss or damage caused by a theft, vandalism, or natural disaster
• Offer sympathy for the death of a business associate
• Offer sympathy for the death of a business associate's family member
• Offer sympathy for the death of a child
• Offer sympathy for the death of a friend or relative
• Offer sympathy for the death of a person who has been ill
• Offer sympathy for the loss of a job
• Offer sympathy for the loss or death of a pet
• Offer sympathy in a case of serious or terminal illness
• Send a gift with a sympathy letter
• Thank someone for expressions of sympathy