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But then where do you stand as an employee of the requesting company, surely if the OH department is part of that company...... Jeremy R F Smith RGN AIIRSM BSc Hons (OHN) Occupational Health Advisor - Dover Harbour Board -----Original Message----- From: Amanda Dowson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 November 2001 16:28 To: 'Jeremy Smith'; [log in to unmask] Subject: RE: DDA and disclosure The problem with this case, if I remember rightly was the way the consent form was written. Our consent forms for example gives consent for the report to the Occupational Health department NOT the company. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 30 November 2001 15:50 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: DDA and disclosure > > Christine, > > Have you got a copy of OHJ Sept. 2001 Vol53 no 9 pp12-13? > > It's a legal article written by Linda Goldman & Joan Lewis . > > Column 2 Para 3 talks about the Farnsworth V London Borough of Hammersmith > and Fulham Case where the employer chose to rely on it's own Drs report > regarding Farnsworth's fitness to work. Para 4 states that: > > "...the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the applicant's consent to > release her health records was to the council and that the doctor was not > bound by confidentiality. Therefore, the doctor could have given more > information to the council on which they could base their decision as to > whether to employ the applicant." > > I'm not sure if this helps! > > Regards, > > Jeremy R F Smith > RGN AIIRSM BSc Hons (OHN) > Occupational Health Advisor - Dover Harbour Board > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr Christine Rajah [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 30 November 2001 15:20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: DDA and disclosure > > > Colleagues, > I have searched the archives for guidance but wondered how you handle the > need to give guidance to managers on suitable accommodation/restriction > for > someone who declares a mental health disability eg long standing > depression > or general anxiety disorder but who does not want disclosure. > With physical disabilities guidance such as must not do any heavy or > awkward > lifting does not give much away. > This is assuming they are reasonably stable on medication but would be > more > vulnerable to pressure or workload at lower threshold than the normal. > Christine Rajah > > > ************************************************************************** > ***** > www.doverport.co.uk > > The contents of this email are confidential to the ordinary user of > the email address to which it was sent and may not be copied or > forwarded by anyone else. If you are not the addressee indicated in > this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such > person),you should destroy this message and notify us immediately. > The Dover Harbour Board do not accept legal responsibility for the > accuracy or otherwise of any information contained within this > electronic email (and any attachments) and any views, opinions or > conclusions are that of the originator of the document and are not > endorsed by the Dover Harbour Board. It is the responsibility of the > recipient to ensure that this email is virus free. Please advise > immediately if email correspondence is not accepted by you or your > employer. > ************************************************************************** > ***** ******************************************************************************* www.doverport.co.uk The contents of this email are confidential to the ordinary user of the email address to which it was sent and may not be copied or forwarded by anyone else. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person),you should destroy this message and notify us immediately. The Dover Harbour Board do not accept legal responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of any information contained within this electronic email (and any attachments) and any views, opinions or conclusions are that of the originator of the document and are not endorsed by the Dover Harbour Board. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this email is virus free. Please advise immediately if email correspondence is not accepted by you or your employer. *******************************************************************************