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Medical questionnaire

Medical questionnaires are sometimes used after a job offer to obtain limited information about a prospective employee’s health or fitness where this is necessary for the role. This guide explains how to use a medical questionnaire appropriately and lawfully, including what information can be requested and how it should be handled.

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By Chris Schofield

Use this model questionnaire, following a job offer, to obtain basic information about a prospective employee’s health or level of fitness, where this is a necessary to establish their ability to perform the role.

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Chris Schofield

Chris Schofield is editor of Butterworths Local Authority Employment: Law, Practice and Procedure and sits as a member of employment tribunals. He is a freelance consultant with authorities at all tiers of local government with an emphasis on organisational and pay reviews, managing restructurings and working with members on issues affecting senior managers.

After graduating from Oxford University in 1968, Chris joined Hampshire County Council, where he held a variety of posts in personnel before moving in 1979 to West Sussex County Council as assistant county personnel officer and, later, deputy. In 1985 he was appointed county personnel officer of Devon County Council, a job he held until after local government reorganisation in 1998. He was particularly concerned with the importance of people management to the achievement of the council’s overall objectives, and with performance management, remuneration policy and managing changes to the organisation.

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