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Of course!! Kind Regards Sumara -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sharron Sturgess Sent: 14 December 2005 15:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Medical Evidence Many thanks Sumara I take it we can amend these for our own institutions use? Sharron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sumara Hussain" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Medical Evidence Yes sure! We have a separate one for disability/medical conditions and a separate one for mental health needs. Hope this is just as useful for you all as it is for us - Kind Regards Sumara Sumara Hussain Disability Adviser Equality and Diversity Office Humphrey Booth House University of Salford Salford M5 4WT Tel: 0161 295 4609 Fax: 0161 295 2018 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sharron Sturgess Sent: 14 December 2005 13:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Medical Evidence Would you be willing to share this as I think this would be of great use (save reinventing the wheel). Sharron Sturgess L'boro Uni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sumara Hussain" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Medical Evidence Here at Salford, we have a form that we give to students to pass onto their GP's explaining the reason the letter is required and a guide about what would be most useful to include in their letter. This has seemed to work for the majoirty as its easier for the student to just pass the letter on than to remember all the information. Kind Regards Sumara Sumara Hussain Disability Adviser Equality and Diversity Office Humphrey Booth House University of Salford Salford M5 4WT Tel: 0161 295 4609 Fax: 0161 295 2018 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway Sent: 14 December 2005 09:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Medical Evidence That's nothing - we get ones saying "this young man tells me he has XXX" ! Dr John S Conway Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair, Research Committee Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/ email [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Trott Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:02 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Medical Evidence I don't know about you but my GP has his own ideas about what to write. Most of the GP letters I see are appallingly unhelpful and patronising "This young man has XXX" What would be really helpful would be is someone could produce an appropriately worded guide for GPs on what to write that could be made available on-line and through DOs This might take the foprm of a letter. Something along the lines of DEar Doctor, Would you please write me a letter to give to my LEA so that they can authorise support to be made available to me as a disabled student. It would be helpful if the letter gave the name of my condition, the symptoms of the condition and side effects of any medication and the impact this would have on study activities such as reading, note taking, writing essays, practical activities, travel etc. and so on. Mick Trott In a message dated 13/12/05 03:24:24 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << I think it makes sense for an institution to adopt the same policy on medical evidence as used by LAs. LAs require evidence that clearly states a disability exists. As Bryan says, a GP letter that says the student 'claims to have ...' or 'tells me he has ...' is not evidence of a disability. The GP letter must clearly state that the student is diagnosed with the condition . For example, if the GP says the student has eyesight problems he/she must say what condition is causing these problems. If the LA or DO has any concerns about the potential effect of this condition on studying he/she should seek further advice e.g. by contacting RNIB. >>