Occupational health and wellbeing

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• In what circumstances is a medical practitioner not obliged to give an employee access to a medical report prepared on him or her?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Can an employee who initially indicated that he or she did not want to see a medical report before the medical practitioner discloses it to the employer subsequently request to see it?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Has the fit note helped employers to manage sickness absence?

  Date:

  30 August 2011

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  The latest XpertHR research finds that although the fit note is bedding in well so far, it also presents challenges for employers.

• Letter notifying an employee that an application for a medical report has been made

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to notify an employee that an application to a medical practitioner for a medical report has been made, where the employee has given his or her consent to the employer seeking the report and the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 applies.

• Form for an employee who has asked to see a medical report to consent to its release to the employer

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model form for an employee to provide the employee with a means to inform his or her medical practitioner that he or she consents to the supply of a medical report to the organisation.

• Medical examinations contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model contract clause on medical examinations and medical reports for use when drafting an employee's contract or particulars of employment to retain an express right to require an employee to undergo a medical examination under his or her contract of employment.

• Form for an employee to consent to the employer applying to a medical practitioner for a medical report on him or her

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model form on which employees may give consent for an employer to apply to his or her GP, consultant or specialist for a medical report under the terms of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.

• Letter to a medical practitioner requesting a medical report on an employee on long-term sickness absence

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to a medical practitioner, for example a GP, consultant or specialist, to request a medical report about an employee on long-term sickness absence in compliance with the terms of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.

• Letter to a medical practitioner requesting a medical report on an employee who has persistent short-term absences

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to an employee's doctor to request a medical report about an employee who has had frequent short-term absences, in compliance with the terms of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.

• Letter requesting permission to apply to a medical practitioner for a medical report

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to an employee when the employer wishes to seeka medical report from the employee's GP, consultant or specialist under the terms of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988.