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1.I am frequently referred people who are feeling "unwell and wish to go home". After discussion and advice the client is then asked what THEY want to do. If they then declare themselves unfit and do not wish to continue working they are sent home, company transport is offered, but if declined it is noted in their records, and countersigned by the client. My stance is - if the client considers him/herself unfit then it is not for OH to insist that they stay - that is a management role. 2. With regard to a computer system for analysing reasons for "going home sick", perhaps a simple excel or access database could be set up for use within the OH department - that is if all requests are to be referred there. It would be easy to do simple trend analysis from the entries, but it would require all practitioners to update data daily. Time consuming I know but it would be useful fro say a six month pilot, and would help you make decisions on the future and management of the service. regards, Mary. -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Nicholls [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 16 April 2004 15:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Sickness Absence Dear All I would appreciate your opinions, advice and experience regarding management of sickness absence as well as any details you could provide regarding any recent research into this problem. The trust I work for are looking at reducing sickness absence rates by introducing a new system by which Occupational Health either speak to or see everybody who is requesting to go off sick. The train of thought is that this system will stop those who are not genuine from going off sick. To say that we are not happy about this is an understatement. However, we are tring to look at this problem from both angles to see if this system could work, and if not what alternatives could be put in place. One ideal solution would be for the causes of sickness absences to be recorded and addressed, but apparantly there is not a suitable computer system available to do this. As we are trying to build up a evidence base regarding this problem, either supporting it or opposing it, I would appreciate any assistance or advice anyone could offer. Many thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. Visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives