Hi Sandra,

 

Please find what it said copied & pasted below:

 

Phil.

 

 

What is Occupational Health (OH)?

 

Occupational Health (OH) is a specialist branch of healthcare concerned with the effects of work upon health and health upon work. As examples OH can be concerned with issues such as fitness for work, sickness absence, disability, rehabilitation, medical retirement, travel health and many more! Many employers require independent occupational health advice where they have concerns over health issues in the workplace.  The aims of occupational health services are to help employees maintain safe and productive working lives, and to support businesses in gaining the benefits of a healthy and productive workforce

 

The Occupational Health Assessment

The purpose of an OH assessment is to assess an employee and provide clear, impartial, professional, OH advice to the line manager who has made the request. Advice is often also given to the employee. The assessment is usually conducted at a face-to-face consultation with an OH physician or other occupational health practitioner.

 

There may be many reasons for wishing to obtain independent medical advice in relation to an employee, and the reason for your referral should be explained to you by your line manager or HR manager.

 

The benefit of attending an OH assessment is that it gives you the opportunity to discuss your medical history and how it impacts on your work with an OH professional who is an impartial adviser about your fitness for work. The Occupational Health professional can then review all the circumstances relating to your referral, thereby providing to your manager fair and objective advice about your health and work, both in the short and longer term.

 

Your Appointment

Please arrive in plenty time.  If you are more than 15 minutes late it will not be possible to see you.  Your appointment will normally last between 25 and 60 minutes.

You will be assessed by a Consultant in Occupational Medicine, a specialist in “work & health” matters.  You will be asked to give a history of your health problems and may be examined, particularly if there is a physical problem present.

 

What should I bring with me to the assessment?

·         Your appointment letter.

·         Photographic evidence of your identity (ID); any ID that contains your photograph will do.

·         Any medication or a list of medication that you have been taking.

·         Spectacles and/or contact lenses, if worn.

·         Any information that you think may be relevant to your assessment [e.g. copies of relevant letters from hospital specialists if available]

 

Confidentiality & Reports

Medical confidentiality is assured at all times, and no confidential clinical information will be divulged to your employer without your express written permission.  However a management report will be provided in order to advise on specific questions that may have been asked.  These will be explained to you during the consultation, as will the content of the report. In some cases it may be necessary to obtain a report from your doctor as part of the assessment process.  In this event, your written, informed consent is required and this will be explained during the consultation.

 

 

 

Hi Phil

Thank you for the link below for some reason I can get to the front page but not the employee section of Client area but will try again tomorrow perhaps it’s a glitch in the system.

 

Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me though, much appreciated.

 

Kind Regards

Sandra

 

 

Hello Sandra,

I stumbled across something that may help on Dr Lanre Ogunyemi's website: http://www.tophs.org.uk/

Click on Client Area, then Employee and look at the 3rd document attached.

Hope it helps.

Phil.

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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Holliday Sandra (Cuedoc) CueDoc
Sent: 17 June 2009 16:04
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Long term sickness absence survey

Dear List
I wondered whether anyone would be willing to share a leaflet/brochure
that they give to employees to explain OH services prior to their
appointment with a clinician. We have an advertising one but it's not
really the right focus.

I really appreciate the advice, guidance and direction I get from this
website. I am relatively new to OH and your discussions help me to
check I'm on the right track or steer me down the best practice guide so
thank you all.

Enough crawling!! But it is true

Thank you in anticipation.
Regards
Sandra

-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Noel O'Reilly
Sent: 12 June 2009 10:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Long term sickness absence survey

For your information: http://tinyurl.com/krf9to

A new survey of 170 employers shows that employers are 'making better
use
of their OH services, particularly in respect of absence management.
Unfortunately you can't see all the results as it is on a paid for
subscription
service but the authors say:

Two approaches stand out as being particularly effective in
rehabilitation:
phased returns to work (cited by 40% of respondents) and return-to-work
plans which the employee has been involved in preparing (33%).

Next comes a group of four techniques that are viewed as particularly
effective by between 20% and 30% of respondents: keeping in touch by
phone during absences, obtaining medical reports, home visits, and
obtaining
specialist advice about the individual's condition.

Is this what you do?

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OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES:
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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

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS
http://OHJobs.drmaze.net

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION
http://www.aohne.org.uk

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