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Hello Diana Unlike some colleagues I have generally had a positive experience of receiving reports from GPs. I learned quickly that a positive outcome resulted from asking specific questions rather than requesting a general report. It simplifies the task for the GP as they know exactly what information is required. I can only think of one occurrence when the GP took weeks to respond to my request, returned a two line report which did not answer the questions I posed and submitted an invoice for a hefty fee. I politely responded to the effect that we would settle his invoice when I received a response which answered the questions I posed. He never gave me answers to those specific Qšs, we didnšt pay his invoice and we heard no more from him. Like you, I asked a GP for a report on a client who responded saying that they were unable to provide any information as the client had not been seen in the practice for a considerable length of time. That information in itself was helpful as from memory the person was aged about 25-30, had been referred to OH due to having been absent for something in the region of 50+ days on approx 35 occasions and had implied to that he had already sought the advice of his GP. When I asked the client why they had not seen their GP recently despite a recurrence of a range of symptoms they responded by saying they were brought up not to go to their doctor with every little twinge. The clinical picture, coupled with the client not considering their health to be problematic enough to consult their GP was sufficient for me to be able to respond to his manager something to the effect of ŗThere does not appear to be a significant health problem underpinning the manšs absence pattern˛. ie over to you its a management problem. Anne Harriss Course Director London South Bank University On 28/1/09 00:28, "Diane Romano-Woodward" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I can go one better, after having requested a report from the record and > waiting approx 8 weeks I got the response that they would not be able to > provide this , but could do an OH consultation and report..(worth a try I > suppose!!). I rang up out of curiosity as to why this could not be done, I > think it was because the person had not been seen recently, or it was complex > or something. When I asked the practice manager about the OH qualification of > the person who might do a consultation she mentioned an Obs and Gynae > qualification and assured me he did some work for B***,a large provider of OH. > Eventually we decide he had a diploma in OH...Needless to say I decide that it > would be better for one of the OH Physicians to see this person if the GP > could not provided a report. > Having said that,on many occassions I have had extremely cooperative GPs and > some decent reports, and this is in the majority of my interactions.. > Cheers > Diane > > > Windows Live Hotmail just got better. Find out more! > <http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/windowslive/products/hotmail.aspx> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk