It is suggested that consent obtained by OH to disclose a report should not allow it to disclose only to an individual named manager.

Some OH practitioners have a questionable practice when reporting to management of naming a particular manager as the authorised recipient rather than a more general reference, eg to the line manager or HR manager for the time being (without giving an actual name).

We have added a section to our Consent for OH reports page with suggestions to seek the worker’s consent for wider disclosure than to a single individual manager: Consent for OH reports>Avoiding report being only to named manager.