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Pre Employment Medical

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  • 13-04-2023 10:03am
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    curlywurly80
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi all, im really worried. I currently work in a local authority and was offered a job at a higher grade in another local authority. This local authority would be known as 'less flexible' than the one im currently working in. Did the medical and found some blood in my urine. (all other issues were fine) Said that he had to put it on the medical form but said that in his opinion it was unlikely to affect my work but maybe a clear test would give peace of mind in a couple of weeks. I went to my own doc this morning and confirmed that there is blood and said no sign of infection but would send it to lab. If lab cant pick anything up he will send me to kidney specialist (all of this will obviously take time) I feel fine, have taken no sick leave but im really worried that the new local authority will not let me start due to this issue. Any thoughts or info on this?



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    BattleCorp
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    Normally the exact details of a medical condition aren't released to the local authority/public service etc. The doctor will either say you are fit or unfit for work. If the doctor said that in his opinion it was unlikely to affect your work, then you should be grand. In such circumstances I'd assume he said you were fit for work.

    I was hired by the HSE about a year and a half ago. I had a heart condition, that went onto the form and I was still hired. I got an additional phone call from the doctor asking me if I had the COVID vaccine as my heart condition might make me more vulnerable to COVID. I gave him details of where and when I had the vaccine and everything was grand. Unless you are at death's door, which you aren't, I wouldn't worry about the medical because the doctor said it's unlikely to affect your work.



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