COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK
Medinow has developed a priority service to support your organisation and your employees during this challenging time.
Managing the safe return of your team to the workplace is critical and we can assist you with individual risk assessments carried out by all employees prior to returning to their usual workplace or returning from a period of self-isolation whether that be for suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19.
Our Covid-19 return to work health questionnaire can help ensure you safeguard your workforce during this coronavirus pandemic and support those employees on their return to work.
The questionnaire is provided before the employees commence date, to be reviewed by the clinical team who will issue a ‘fit to return to work’ certificate.
If a staff member is unable to be certified, they may require a further phone consultation or for more complex cases, a fitness to work assessment or occupational health management referral.
COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE
Individual risk assessments are to be carried out by all employees prior to returning to their usual workplace or returning from a period of self-isolation whether that be for suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19.
Our Covid-19 return to work health questionnaire can help ensure you safeguard your workforce during this coronavirus pandemic and support those employees on their return to work. The questionnaire is provided before the employees commence date, to be reviewed by the clinical team who will issue a ‘fit to return to work’ certificate.
If a staff member is unable to be certified, they may require a further phone consultation or for more complex cases, a fitness to work assessment or occupational health management referral.
Occupational health management referral
Our occupational health doctors provide clear, practical advice and solutions contained in concise, timely reports.
Our advice and recommendations cover prognosis, return-to-work schedules, reasonable recommendations and risk assessments.
Follow up is offered where appropriate, giving clear timeframes, aims and reasons for this.
RETURN TO WORK GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT
A comprehensive return to work strategy is essential for bringing your employees safely back into the workplace. We can offer support and guidance for different departments so your business can get back to, continue, or restart, operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Human Resources:
- We can provide guidance in handling the return to work of employees and their physical and mental health.
- We can arrange a consultation with an Occupational Health Doctor to go through any return to work issues or advice on specific cases, e.g. staff members who have concerns about specific vulnerabilities.
- We can provide webinars for HR to advise how to navigate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
For Directors and Managers:
While the pandemic will have an impact on most employees in some way, employees who were already struggling with mental health issues prior to the outbreak may find the current circumstances especially challenging. Directors and managers will play a key part in supporting these employees returning to work and beyond.
We can offer support on what is expected, how to identify, early intervention and signpost employees needing further support. This can be done on a 1 to 1 basis or in group sessions via an interactive webinar.
COVID-19 TESTING For Businesses
Testing will continue to play a vital role within many organisations as part of the return to office strategy.
Medinow has arranged a priority access service for Covid-19 testing with our laboratory partners to ensure results are available within 24 to 48 hours.
Medinow can provide single or combined corporate Covid-19 testing with the PCR swab tests and the antibody tests.
We can tailor testing programmes to suit the needs of your company, including on-site testing at your specified location.
What are the benefits of Covid-19 testing?
- Keeps businesses running with minimal disruption
- Identifying those have currently have the Covid-19 infection
- If an employee tests positive, they can self-isolate and avoid risk to others members of staff
- Reduce absenteeism due to self-isolation
- Help reduce employee anxiety about returning to the office
- Providing employees with "Fit to Travel" certificates to facilitate international travel
What Covid-19 testing options can Medinow provide?
- PCR (active virus) and Roche antibody tests
- On-Site and self-test testing kits available
- Samples analysed by UK accredited laboratories
- Swabs with 99% sensitivity and specificity and 99% accurate antibody tests
- Positive results reported to Public Health England
How accurate are the Covid-19 tests and what level of quality are they?
We are a CQC regulated medical services provider all our tests are fully compliant with government guidelines and have been approved for use by Public Health England.
"Pregnancy test style" test kits claiming to offer instant results (based on IgM and IgG antibodies) are on sale in the market. However, there are questions about the accuracy of these tests therefore we do not recommend them.
We recommend using a laboratory based test for safer and more accurate results. Laboratory based tests guarantee that results are analysed in a controlled, sterile environment with minimum risk of contamination.
We will continue to explore instant results testing options and may offer alternative kits in future if we are satisfied with the clinical accuracy and safety of the test.