Referral to OHP

Refer to OHP - The medication suggests an underlying condition that requires review by an Occupational Health Practitioner.

Here the line manager must organise for the individual to have an occupational health referral as soon as possible. It is in the individual’s and company’s interest to organise this quickly to determine whether the individual is:

1. Managing their medication satisfactorily
2. Feeling generally well and not experiencing side effects
3. Managing their diet (especially diabetes medicines)
4. Managing their exercise (especially diabetes medicines)
5. Monitoring their blood glucose levels regularly (diabetes medicines only)
6. Patient is aware medication can cause hypoglyaemia and knows how to manage hypoglycaemia
7. There has not been any severe hypoglycaemic event in the previous 12 months
    

If OHP feels the above is being managed, they may lift any restrictions