Obtaining a medical report during employment—checklist

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Checklists

Obtaining a medical report during employment—checklist

Published by a LexisNexis Employment expert

Checklists
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This is a Checklist of the main issues that an employer will need to consider when seeking a medical report on a current employee during the employee’s employment:

  1. What is the purpose of the report? See Practice Note: Medical reports—data protection issues and AMRA 1988—Purposes of medical report

  2. Why is it necessary to obtain health information, and what is the justification for seeking a medical report—is there a specific feature of the role that requires it, or is it to assess general health for a demanding senior role?

  3. What does the report need to cover—what does the employer need to know, avoiding being intrusive where it is not necessary or relevant? Is it possible to minimise the health information being processed by the employer by involving an occupational health (OH) service or professional?

  4. Who will see the report, and when, and what they will use it for?

  5. Who will prepare the report?

    1. If it is the employee’s GP or consultant, or another medical practitioner who is or has been responsible for the employee’s

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