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A member of staff has recently been to see a doctor about some health issues and the doctor has informed her that she would have to be referred by her companies occupational therapist. Its a relatively small buisness, is there a requirement for this?
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I don't even know what an "occupational therapist" is, let alone why they would have to refer an employee for them to get medical help for a health issue.
It sounds as if the message has become garbled.
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That makes two of us kate. I can only aaume that he means the companies occupational health department. On further discussion with the member of staff in question it would seem it isfor the occupational health department as her condition mean her workplace (desk) may need to be adapted to suit her needs. However as previously stated its a small buisness with no occupational health department so what would you suggest?
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Am I right in thinking the role of occupational therapist is not a requirement within the general workplace only the listed ares in the link i.e. schools, nursing home.
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I think the GP is referring to Occupational Health. We don't have an occ health department either but use an external NHS based organisation. Our HR department carry out the admin for this. Just google to find providers in your area and go from there.
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David
From your brief description, it sounds like you need an ergonomist rather an occ health input.
LB
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I think the first step should be an assessment of the workstation carried out jointly with the employee as it may be a problem with a simple solution, and if there is no simple solution then I agree it's for an ergonomist and not occupational health (occupational health will generally just say things like "workstation assessment needed").
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