Management referral to occupational health

Managers wishing to refer an employee to the occupational health unit must complete a referral form:

The occupational health referral form (word) should be completed online, saved and emailed to OccupationalHealth@ealing.gov.uk. Please read the referrals to occupational health guidance (word) before completing this form.

Please remember to mark the email as 'confidential'.

Note:

it is your responsibility to ensure that the manager's referral form is fully completed and sent to relevant personnel
the form has a pre-set number of options for you to choose from, please ensure that you select all the relevant boxes
save the form as you complete it and keep a spare copy on a separate disk or PC, in case of possible corruption or system failure

Useful documents

Ill-health retirement - guidance (word)
Where an employee becomes permanently unfit for their substantive post they may be eligible for ill health retirement.

Phased return to work - guidance (word)
The purpose of a phased return to work is to rehabilitate an employee to their full duties and gradually build back up to undertaking their normal working hours within the earliest agreed timescale.

Reasonable adjustment - guidance (word)
In some circumstances adjustments are recommended to the workplace, duties or hours to enable an employee to continue in their post wherever possible.

Short-term sickness absence - guidance (word)
In cases where the employee meets one of the specified trigger points the manager must review the individuals attendance and consider whether action is required.

Please note: All correspondence, including emails, will be placed in the employee's occupational health file. Access to this information is available to the employee on request.