• Identify the potential impact of common health problems on work performance
• Describe the impact of different treatments on an individual's fitness to work
• Describe the impact of health problems and treatment on the safety of the individual, colleagues and members of the public
• Manage potential conflict when dealing with issues of fitness for work

• More detailed learning materials for work and health in Primary Care.

Refer to the following text for additional information:

Principles of risk management

• Department of Work and Pensions [Internet]. Patients, their employment and their health. View document
• Health and Safety Executive [Internet]. Five steps to risk assessment. 2nd edn. Sudbury: HSE, 2006 View document
• Health and Safety Executive [Internet]. An introduction to health and safety. Sudbury: HSE Books, 2003. View document
• Palmer K, Cox RAF, Brown I. Fitness for work: the medical aspects. 4th rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

The impact of medication on performance at work

• Health and Safety Executive [Internet]. Effects of prescribed medication on performance in the working population. Sudbury: HSE, 2003. View document
• Palmer K, Cox RAF, Brown I. Fitness for work: the medical aspects. 4th rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Clinical, financial, legal and ethical responsibilities in assessing fitness for work

• General Medical Council [Internet]. About the Good Medical Practice and to download a copy. View link
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine [Internet]. Good Medical Practice for Occupational Physicians. View link
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine [Internet]. Guidance on Ethics for Occupational Physicians - 6th Edition 2006. View link
• Harling K, Hunt S, eds. Guidance on Ethics for Occupational Physicians. 6th edn. London: Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2006.
• Main CJ, Burton AK. Economic and occupational influences on pain and disability. In Main CJ, Spanswick CC. Pain management: an interdisciplinary approach. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 2000, 63-88.
• Palmer K, Cox RAF, Brown I. Fitness for work: the medical aspects. 4th rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007.
• Working Group of the Faculty. Good Medical Practice for Occupational Physicians. London: Faculty of Occupational Medicine, 2001.

Refer to the following links for more information:

• Equality Act (EA) (2010) [Internet]. View link
• The Society of Occupational Medicine [Internet]. View link

• Palmer KT, Cox R, Brown I. eds. Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects. 4th edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Waddell G, Burton AK, Kendall NAS. Vocational Rehabilitation: What Works, for Whom, and When? London: TSO, 2008.