OH practitioner’s duty of care in civil law Summary Civil liability for negligence is discussed generally on the Personal injury page, the present page focuses mainly on the OH practit...
Covert surveillance Laws that regulate surveillance of employees include the right to privacy in Article 8 European Convention of Human Rights, and the Telecomm...
Consent for OH reports Summary Consent is needed for an occupational health practitioner to disclose information. Consent should be in writing, or at least recorde...
Confidentiality – new GMC guidance (part 2) The second part of Diana Kloss’s blog on the revised General Medical Council (GMC) guidance on confidentiality and how it will affect OH pra...
Duty to disclose poor practice? Summary This area has come under scrutiny with regard to scandals about substandard treatment in the NHS, especially as a result of the Fran...
Consent The ethical principle of autonomy is reflected in the law of consent. (There is a separate page on Consent for OH reports). The doctor or nu...
Health surveillance: Screening to protect the employee Summary There are a number of statutory regulations that impose an obligation on the employer to undertake regular screening or health surve...
Data protection: Employment practices code and guidance Introduction The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued an Employment Practices Code, along with supplementary guidance: http://...
Pressure to breach OH legal/ethical obligations The issue In practical terms, the problems often facing OH practitioners tend to arise from requirements imposed by the employer that confli...
OH records Ownership of records Physical records – the paper, or the physical computers – will generally be owned by the employer, or perhaps the...
