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Refer an employee to the Cumberland Occupational Health Service

When you should refer someone, what you need to provide for the referral and what happens after.

The Cumberland Occupational Health Service will help keep your employees healthy and safe whilst in work and manage any risks in the workplace that are likely to give rise to work-related ill health. 

You should contact the service as soon as possible where an employee's medical condition is causing concern.

Follow the steps in this process to make a referral.

  1. When to refer to the service

    The types of situations when you should refer an employee to Occupational Health Services - for example, if they've been absent from work for 3 weeks.

  2. What you need to provide in the referral

    To help us to carry out an informed assessment, we need as much information as possible from you about each specific referral.

  3. How to refer an employee

    Once you have spoken to the employee and have their consent, you can submit a referral to the service through our portal.

  4. After you've made a referral

  5. Interpreting the medical report and taking action

    Examples of actions to take from an employee's medical report.