Employment and medical records

wizzards

All the forms were provided by this health management company who then 2 secs later refused to give me page 2 or a copy of what I just signed. They left me standing in reception and went to see another patient. As I work quite often with legal documents I have an inbuilt instinct to check page numbers i.e 1 of 2. Even in a slightly dodgy state I noticed it. The problem with the doctors reports is that it has irrelevant comments such as he does share trading in his spare time and manages a portfolio of stocks and other inaccurate references to what I do in my spare time that can only have come from an unknown 3rd party possibly my employer. What has share trading got to do with my medical diagnosis. It also said I had no trouble staying awake during the day. This is regardless that I was constantly yawning in the consultation and is completely opposite of what I said. The doctor was extremely arrogant to the extent she said what I write is what I write regardless if you agree with it. She was in a rush as well. She behaved very much like some of those government ATOS reviewers.

Obviously I am annoyed by this. Its not how you expect to be treated by a private medical consultancy or any such professional organisation. Maybe I am reading too much into this report and should let it lie but really I don't think anyone would like to be treated in this way especially not by some private consultant firm.

SandraX

Dear OP

A fact, you have a lot going on and doing well to hold down a job whereas many would have given up a long time ago.

OH staff are generally good and do listen to you and give good ideas, best to be open and honest with them and possibly speak off the record with them if you feel it will be ok and they accept.

This bit is hardest, try to keep a good relationship with your manager and if possible put youself in their shoes.

I hope I have helped.

Btw, consult ACAS, they are very good

ATB

wizzards

Yes I think your right. I am lucky my tumor has shrunk 80-90 % and hopefully will shrink completely and vanish. I am luckily at one of the best units in the country supported by London Hospital specialists. Even if I went private which I could I would not have got such great care.

My boss is a difficult one. Other than one email in 6 months to say keep sending the medical / reports certificates he hasn't contacted me once. He also told other employees not to talk to me. He didn't tell anyone at all at my work why I was away or what happened to me. Some of them I told. Some of them have found out whats happened to me now I am back at work. I am off for XMAS with plan to start work normally next year slowly building up the days as thats company policy. They have assigned me a new interesting project so that's a start.

The relationship with my manager is OK. I have tried to keep him onside. He has some princes trust industry award apparently but as a manager other than tick timesheets and expenses and do annual performance reviews day to day I have nothing at all to do with him.

SandraX

wizzards wrote: »

Yes I think your right. I am lucky my tumor has shrunk 80-90 % and hopefully will shrink completely and vanish. I am luckily at one of the best units in the country supported by London Hospital specialists. Even if I went private which I could I would not have got such great care.

My boss is a difficult one. Other than one email in 6 months to say keep sending the medical / reports certificates he hasn't contacted me once. He also told other employees not to talk to me. He didn't tell anyone at all at my work why I was away or what happened to me. Some of them I told. Some of them have found out whats happened to me now I am back at work. I am off for XMAS with plan to start work normally next year slowly building up the days as thats company policy. They have assigned me a new interesting project so that's a start.

The relationship with my manager is OK. I have tried to keep him onside. He has some princes trust industry award apparently but as a manager other than tick timesheets and expenses and do annual performance reviews day to day I have nothing at all to do with him.

Thank you dear poster.

You appear to be on the correct path. Most important thing is, health is wealth. And I reiterate, you keep on trying to work when many others with hardly anyhting wrong give up and claim benefits.

I've had my fair share of woes that I won't go into but the way I was brought up was to work, be honest, be nice and appreciate that we have our health and everything after that is manageable.

Good luck with everything and please never cave into them and like I said, it's worth pick the brains of ACAS staff.

:A

wizzards

Well if they offered me redundancy it would be worth about 60 - 80 K so I'd be mad after 28 years to walk away in any other way. I'm not retirement age yet but I could realistically retire without even that package but such a package would help.

In the past 6 months my firm has been making people redundant but obviously while I have been off sick that's not an option for them I think. Also I have long standing customer relationships which I think are worth something to them.
Certainly I would have no problem to get other employment or at least that's my view at present. Obviously illness aside.

But never mind the money my health is number 1 now. Its all that counts and my family and friends. Certainly it puts material wealth into perspective and my view of life has changed considerably in the past months.