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I would like some help as to whether I need to report an incident under RIDDOR. A memeber of staff was taken to hospital with a suspected seizure, he is now at home and feeling much better and has said he would like to come back to work.
Due to the nature of the enviroment around him at work I feel it is not a good idea for him to return until he has furthur investigstion into the reason why this happened.
As he wishes to return to work (but I feel it not suitable) would I need to report this under RIDDOR?
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Morning Cathy Why would you think that this might be RIDDOR reportable? Is there anything at the workplace that you might think might be unusual and which might have brought on the (possible) seizure and thence might conceivably be construed as a work-related accident? As for return to work seems to me that your employee should be guided by whatever the hospital and/or GP has to say and you might wish to suggest that they might be referred to your occupational health service if you have one. But I would be very wary of prevening someone who has had a POSSIBLE seizure from returning to their work without very good reason. They may or may not have been prescribed medication and may or may not have been advised e.g. not to drive for the time being. Lots of people diagnosed with epilepsy continue to work without many problems - just like most medical conditions. P
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Morning Peter, no I don't believe anything at work caused the possible seizure. The seizures are a new thing and there has been no digonosis of a condition, the position he holds within the company is maunfacturing with lots of different machinery, that was my thought process in advising not returning to work at this time until we know whether the condition does require medication.
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Originally Posted by: Cathy1975  I feel it is not a good idea for him to return until he has furthur investigstion into the reason why this happened.
You need specialist decision makers not feelings. Have had a number of family members with "seizures" over the years - still waiting on an actual diagnosis rather than hypothesis as to the cause for every one of them. Meanwhile the patients are managing adequately with their medication and all have had their driving licences returned by the DVLA.
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Originally Posted by: Cathy1975 I feel it is not a good idea for him to return until he has furthur investigstion into the reason why this happened.
You need specialist decision makers not feelings. Have had a number of family members with "seizures" over the years - still waiting on an actual diagnosis rather than hypothesis as to the cause for every one of them. Meanwhile the patients are managing adequately with their medication and all have had their driving licences returned by the DVLA.
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Ok thank you for ALL your help and opinions
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There is no link between whether you think it is OK for them to return to work following this episode of illness and whether it is a RIDDOR - it isn't a work-related injury or disease so it just isn't covered by RIDDOR.
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