From 26 May we will be improving our procedures for collecting this information.

When a new employee starts at the University, our Occupational Health team compares information about the health and safety issues in the role with information supplied by the new starter about their health to see if there are any risks or adjustments to be addressed.

From 26 May we will be improving our procedures for collecting this information. This will benefit staff and managers needing support from Occupational Health.

The new process will see us request details from the new starter and their line manager shortly after they have been added to the HR database. This lets us automatically match replies from employees and managers and prioritise any responses that raise issues.

We used to ask managers for health and safety details when they began recruitment, and much later, matched these details to the new starters - a time consuming process. However, this change means that, for a transitional period, we may be asking managers to re-supply details already given at the beginning of recruitment - please accept our apologies if this affects you.