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I agree, if he has a full range of movement (seen by your own fair eyes!) then I would generally advise him to inform you of any changes to his range and continue on the 5 year frequency. Just out of interest - does anyone have a 'sandardised' range of movements the ask the driver to perform? The range I carry out are fairly simple, however I have noted that the DVLA guide does not cover musculoskeletal issues and had an interesting conversation with a colleague about carrying the range of movement checks out at all! Personally, I think the case you described,Leigh shows a definite need to check range of movement, I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this? Georgina On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:01 PM, janet oneill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Wouldn't a basic full range of movement check tell if he has limitations at > present? > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:02 AM, leigh delmar <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >> >> Good morning List - >> >> FLT medicals are relatively new to me - most that I have carried out have >> been very straight forward and have had no previous medical conditions, >> however...... >> >> I have been contacted today to carry out a fork lift medical on a company >> who have just recently begun using their own fork lift drivers. I have seen >> the gentleman (in his early 50's) previously and I am aware he has known >> back issues (specifically a previous herniated disk at L2-3 a number of >> years ago) for general health surveillance. The FLT role is new to him >> although he has worked for the company for 5 yrs. I am unsure if he >> disclosed his disk problems whilst going through his forklift training - he >> did advise me at a previous health surveillance check that it did not cause >> him any current difficulties . >> >> I want to be prepared in case this has changed and his movement has >> become limited - I wondered what you advice would be to this gent with >> regards frequency / limitations? If he tells me it has still not changed and >> movement is normal - should I take his word for it or refer to OHP? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> >> Leigh >> ******************************** 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 > > ******************************** 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 ******************************** 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