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Hello Everyone. It would be great if you could give some advice please.
My partner has been working for a company for 20 years. The shifts changed about 10 years ago.
He's in a warehouse and works 12 hour shifts continental. Over the last few years its been affecting his sleep/very little sleep, his health and moods. Things got to a stage where he came out of work mid September this year with stress and depression. The doctor signed him off for two weeks and then a further month. An appointment was quickly organised for him during the first couple of weeks to go and see the Company Occupational Health nurse. Unfortunately this didnt go well and it really set my partner back. My partner felt that she didnt appreciate how unwell he was. Her agenda was to pencil in a date to return to work with no regard for his wellbeing. After this appointment he became frustrated, angry, paranoid and couldnt sleep with having nightmares. My partner felt that no one believed he was unwell as he had difficulty expressing how he felt etc and from the outside he looked normal. I emailed the Occupational Health on my partners behalf explaining the effect the nurse had caused as they had made a further appointment for my partner 3 weeks on and he was again worrying and getting stressed about this. They agreed that I accompany my partner for the next appointment. So we went to the second appointment which went on for over half an hour. Occupational health have been looking to organise a meeting with my partner, his Manager and Personnel Managers and again the nurse was looking to organise a date for this and so I said that taking into account how your, the nurse's, appointment went which was just one on one for 20 minutes how do you expect my partner to manage a meeting with Managers for around an hour. So she agreed that my partner could just have a meeting with his Manager and we are to see the Nurse again in another 3 weeks. So now my partner is going for a meeting with his Manager next week and then the Manager has advised that he wants contact on a weekly basis at least by email.
My question initially is does my partner need to see this Company Occupational Health nurse for a third appointment and possibly every 3 weeks onward when he is now also going to be in weekly contact with his Manager? As my partner is also seeing a counsellor on a weekly basis which was organised via work and of course the doctor so he's going to one appointment after the other when what he needs his rest and time to get better. Thank you in advance of your help and advice.
My partner has been working for a company for 20 years. The shifts changed about 10 years ago.
He's in a warehouse and works 12 hour shifts continental. Over the last few years its been affecting his sleep/very little sleep, his health and moods. Things got to a stage where he came out of work mid September this year with stress and depression. The doctor signed him off for two weeks and then a further month. An appointment was quickly organised for him during the first couple of weeks to go and see the Company Occupational Health nurse. Unfortunately this didnt go well and it really set my partner back. My partner felt that she didnt appreciate how unwell he was. Her agenda was to pencil in a date to return to work with no regard for his wellbeing. After this appointment he became frustrated, angry, paranoid and couldnt sleep with having nightmares. My partner felt that no one believed he was unwell as he had difficulty expressing how he felt etc and from the outside he looked normal. I emailed the Occupational Health on my partners behalf explaining the effect the nurse had caused as they had made a further appointment for my partner 3 weeks on and he was again worrying and getting stressed about this. They agreed that I accompany my partner for the next appointment. So we went to the second appointment which went on for over half an hour. Occupational health have been looking to organise a meeting with my partner, his Manager and Personnel Managers and again the nurse was looking to organise a date for this and so I said that taking into account how your, the nurse's, appointment went which was just one on one for 20 minutes how do you expect my partner to manage a meeting with Managers for around an hour. So she agreed that my partner could just have a meeting with his Manager and we are to see the Nurse again in another 3 weeks. So now my partner is going for a meeting with his Manager next week and then the Manager has advised that he wants contact on a weekly basis at least by email.
My question initially is does my partner need to see this Company Occupational Health nurse for a third appointment and possibly every 3 weeks onward when he is now also going to be in weekly contact with his Manager? As my partner is also seeing a counsellor on a weekly basis which was organised via work and of course the doctor so he's going to one appointment after the other when what he needs his rest and time to get better. Thank you in advance of your help and advice.
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