'How to make a referral' - GP
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The rationale behind Fit for Work and a step-by-step guide to referring your patients. GPs can refer any employed patient who has been, or is likely to be, off work for four weeks or more to Fit for Work.
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- 3. What is Fit for Work?
- 4. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary.
- 5. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary. Occupational health support for all
- 6. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary. Occupational health support for all Help those with health conditions stay in work, or return to work.
- 7. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary. Occupational health support for all Help those with health conditions stay in work, or return to work. Identify obstacles preventing people from returning to work.
- 8. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary. Occupational health support for all Help those with health conditions stay in work, or return to work. Identify obstacles preventing people from returning to work. Production of Return to Work Plan.
- 9. What is Fit for Work? New and voluntary. Occupational health support for all Help those with health conditions stay in work, or return to work. Identify obstacles preventing people from returning to work. Production of Return to Work Plan. Signposting for support.
- 10. The two facets to Fit for Work
- 11. The two facets to Fit for Work Advice (website and Freephone helpline)
- 12. The two facets to Fit for Work Advice (website and Freephone helpline) Assessment (referral for a 45-minute telephone assessment )
- 13. Why Fit for Work?
- 14. Why Fit for Work? Being out of work is damaging. Hard to return to work after long periods of absence Work – important contributor to patient health
- 15. Common questions asked by GPs
- 16. Common questions asked by GPs
- 17. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible?
- 18. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible? Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload?
- 19. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible? Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload? Does my patient have to consent?
- 20. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible? Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload? Does my patient have to consent? Will Fit for Work health professionals have access to my GP notes?
- 21. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible? Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload? Does my patient have to consent? Will Fit for Work health professionals have access to my GP notes? What’s the outcome of the assessment?
- 22. Common questions asked by GPs Who is eligible? Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload? Does my patient have to consent? Will Fit for Work health professionals have access to my GP notes? What’s the outcome of the assessment? What are the advantages of Fit for Work?
- 23. How do I make a referral?
- 24. How do I make a referral? Let us take you through a test referral STEP 1 Check that your patient is eligible for referral Patients must live in England or Wales, be employed and have been (or be likely to be) off work for four weeks or more.
- 25. How do I make a referral? Let us take you through a test referral STEP 2 Visit this link https://referral.fitforwork.org/en/gp/Referral/GpQuickCreate Patients must live in England or Wales, be employed and have been (or be likely to be) off work for four weeks or more. Save this link to your favourites or add it as a shortcut on your desktop so it’s quick to find when you need it.
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to this Fit for Work webinar – ‘making a referral for GPs’
- Fit for Work is a new, voluntary service that offers the wider working population access to occupational health support.
- The service helps workers with health concerns to both stay in or return to work should they be off sick for up to four weeks or more.
- Using a biopsychosocial approach this assessment will identify all obstacles preventing the patient from returning to work.
- Advice will be given regarding appropriate interventions and obstacles will be identified preventing people from returning to work.
- A Return to Work Plan will be produced, exploring health, work and personnel factors which might prevent the person from returning to work.
- Signposting to other services for support with health related issues, workplace issues or adjustments, and non-health or non-work related issues, if appropriate.
- There are two elements to Fit for Work
- 1. Advice: access to health and work advice for patients, GPs and their employers through a website and freephone helpline.
- 2. Assessment: working patients can be referred by their GP for a (45 minute) telephone assessment with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.
- Recent studies show that being out of work for long periods of time is damaging to health, social and financial well-being and the longer someone is off sick, the harder it is for them to get back to work.
- Returning to work is an important contributor to patient health, and Fit for Work will help support effective clinical management of a GP’s patients.
- Here are some common questions asked by GPs
- “Who is eligible?” Fit for Work is a service for people who are in employment, not the unemployed. Patients are eligible if they have been (or in the opinion of a GP likely to be) off work for four weeks due to sickness, and have a realistic outlook of returning to work.
- “Will Fit for Work lead to an increase in my workload?” No. The service is designed to decrease a GPs workload as it will cease the need for a patient to return to their GP for fit notes.
- “Does my patient have to consent?” Yes, the service is voluntary. Patients must give verbal consent to be referred and share their Return to Work Plan.
- “Will Fit for Work health professional have access to my GP notes?” No. The health professional will only have access to the information you supply on the referral form.
- “What’s the outcome of the assessment?” Once a health professional has conducted the assessment (within two days) a Return to Work Plan will be created. The patient’s employer can accept the Return to Work Plan as evidence of sickness absence in lieu of a Fit Note, so the patient will not need to return to their GP for a Fit Note as well.
- “What are the advantages of Fit for Work?” For patients – an earlier, more manageable and sustained return to work covering health, work and personal factors, as well as reduced risk of job loss and welfare dependency; For GPs – accessible expert support around clinical management of sickness absence, saving time spent on repeated sickness absence visits.
- How to make referrals
- To be eligible for Fit for Work, patients must be must live in England or Wales, be employed and have been (or be likely to be) off work for four weeks or more.
- GPs need to visit the referral page on the Fit for Work website. Complete the details about your practice and save them here. Once you’ve completed the information about your practice, you can save the details so you don’t have to enter them again. Enter the patient’s details. Tick the declaration box to confirm the accuracy of the data you have entered. Enter the Captcha code to confirm that you are a real person. Click ‘submit’. Tick the declaration box to confirm the accuracy of the data you have entered, enter the Captcha code (to confirm that you are a real person), and click submit. Welcome to the Fit for Work webinar – ‘making a