Medical Questionnaire

Not everyone is asked to fill in a Medical Questionnaire and there are two main situations where you would be sent one:

• some of the roles at Hampshire County Council involve working with children or vulnerable groups, or physical work (i.e. lifting, manual handling) or involve working in potentially hazardous environments (i.e. working with water).

• if there are questions that are raised as a result of the Health Declaration Form completed (i.e. you are currently undergoing treatment for a medical condition)

We would ask you to complete the Medical Questionnaire that is returned to us in a sealed envelope.  We then send the sealed envelope directly onto our Occupational Health Unit (OHU) where it is reviewed confidentially by trained medical professionals.

Once OHU have received the form then they will follow a number of routes:

• once reviewing the information you have provided they assess no further action and the employment offer can be pursued

• they may need to contact you to just clarify some points in the information

• they may ask to see your full medical records or for you to come in for a medical assessment

The purpose of this process is to ensure that we either do not employ someone who is not physically capable of delivering the duties of the roles after reasonable adjustments may have been made and therefore potentially putting people in the community or people using the services provided by the County Council at risk, or in a role which will cause or aggravate an individuals previous or existing medical condition.