ILL HEALTH RETIREMENT

[greengiant]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

[Boltonian-White]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

If it's your final appointment then they likely already have access to your medical records. Is the appointment letter about leaving the business on ill health retirement? If so then fingers crossed for you it all goes through quickly.

[iHateD2Ds]

I have never used this site before but needed some input on ihr I am 60 and worked for rm for 28 years
For about 12 years up to about a year ago i was continuously bullied and harassed by 1 particular manager I kept on telling royal mail about it and putting grievance after grievance but always on none evidence this made me have quite a lot of time off and when this manager would ask me why i was off i was afraid of telling him the real reason because i knew by his attitude that he would enjoy the fact that it was working for him and make him more determined to make my life a living hell once it got so bad that I was ill and off work for over 6 months i

Pretty Sad story
Hope everything works out.

[swintontillidie]

So I have my interview with the OH Doctor regarding ill health retirement.Dom has told me I will get 15K plus another small bonus .So 38 years service doesn't seem very much to me.

[greengiant]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

If it's your final appointment then they likely already have access to your medical records. Is the appointment letter about leaving the business on ill health retirement? If so then fingers crossed for you it all goes through quickly.

I've not had an appointment letter, as it was only a couple of days ago my manager contacted HR to chase up my final appointment with Occupational Health, and my manager has told me date and time of appointment.

It is an appointment with then OH GP to discuss Laving The Business Through Ill Health (OH speak for IHR), as I had previously had an appointment with OH Nurse a few weeks ago.

[Boltonian-White]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

If it's your final appointment then they likely already have access to your medical records. Is the appointment letter about leaving the business on ill health retirement? If so then fingers crossed for you it all goes through quickly.

I've not had an appointment letter, as it was only a couple of days ago my manager contacted HR to chase up my final appointment with Occupational Health, and my manager has told me date and time of appointment.

It is an appointment with then OH GP to discuss Laving The Business Through Ill Health (OH speak for IHR), as I had previously had an appointment with OH Nurse a few weeks ago.

It should be fairly quick then. Oh doctors report should be with your manager the day after your interview and you should receive the report within a week. If recommended to leave the business with lump sum, Your manager then asks you to sign the paperwork to leave with lump sum. Then it gets processed. Good luck

[Boltonian-White]

So I have my interview with the OH Doctor regarding ill health retirement.Dom has told me I will get 15K plus another small bonus .So 38 years service doesn't seem very much to me.

It's severance pay to compensate you for loss of your job as they can't find another suitable position within Royal Mail ( from the scoping exercise).
34 weeks plus 1 week payment in lieu of notice for each year you've done ( max 12 years), so 12 weeks PILON plus any outstanding annual leave. Should be over £20K which isn't bad. Considering RM want to reduce it to 16 weeks from the 1st of August it's not bad at all. That's £8K lost straight away.

[greengiant]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

If it's your final appointment then they likely already have access to your medical records. Is the appointment letter about leaving the business on ill health retirement? If so then fingers crossed for you it all goes through quickly.

I've not had an appointment letter, as it was only a couple of days ago my manager contacted HR to chase up my final appointment with Occupational Health, and my manager has told me date and time of appointment.

It is an appointment with then OH GP to discuss Laving The Business Through Ill Health (OH speak for IHR), as I had previously had an appointment with OH Nurse a few weeks ago.

It should be fairly quick then. Oh doctors report should be with your manager the day after your interview and you should receive the report within a week. If recommended to leave the business with lump sum, Your manager then asks you to sign the paperwork to leave with lump sum. Then it gets processed. Good luck

I had my OH GP appointment today.
OH GP agreed to me leaving the business through Ill Health as a lump sum payment.
Hopefully management should get the report from OH GP tomorrow.

And hopefully I'll be out the door shortly after with the full IHR payment, I'm30 hours a week, under 9 years service.

[Ppat98]

i have suffered from social anxiety and not being able to go into the sorting office so royal mail had a plan that i waited outside in a van for a manager to have my mail thrown in and bundled up for me and he brings it outside to me about 30 yards away i also have to have someone fill the van up with fuel .....I know you may ask that well how is he able to do his round? well i do a rural duty where i hardly ever see anyone so that is a blessing but when the changes come in i wouldnt be able to cope..

Sad to hear you went through that & can't believe they are loading the van up for you. Sometimes these solutions they come up with are counteractive. If that was me I would feel even more stressed because I'm sure some staff would see you as a special case & the immature one's would bad mouth you.
If you're not ok with that loading the van arrangement, you should make the case it's making your depression worse as you feel ostracized & then go down the ihr route.

[greengiant]

So I have my final occupational health appointment very soon, with the OH Assist GP.

How likely is it they will need to contact my GP / neurologist for further information, considering I now have a firm diagnosis of a long term neurological condition as from August 2022 ( initial symptoms started latter half of 2020). Hopefully OH won't need to contact GP / Neurologist, as I could see that delaying things by a few months, until the new IHR scheme starts on 1st Augst...

If it's your final appointment then they likely already have access to your medical records. Is the appointment letter about leaving the business on ill health retirement? If so then fingers crossed for you it all goes through quickly.

I've not had an appointment letter, as it was only a couple of days ago my manager contacted HR to chase up my final appointment with Occupational Health, and my manager has told me date and time of appointment.

It is an appointment with then OH GP to discuss Laving The Business Through Ill Health (OH speak for IHR), as I had previously had an appointment with OH Nurse a few weeks ago.

It should be fairly quick then. Oh doctors report should be with your manager the day after your interview and you should receive the report within a week. If recommended to leave the business with lump sum, Your manager then asks you to sign the paperwork to leave with lump sum. Then it gets processed. Good luck

Just waiting on HR doing the final figures then that'll be me out the door.


I had my OH GP appointment today.
OH GP agreed to me leaving the business through Ill Health as a lump sum payment.
Hopefully management should get the report from OH GP tomorrow.

And hopefully I'll be out the door shortly after with the full IHR payment, I'm30 hours a week, under 9 years service.

[greengiant]

I signed my IHR paperwork today! Last day of service will be this Saturday 27th of May
I'm getting the current IHR scheme, 34 weeks pay lump sum, 9 weeks pay in lieu of notice, plus any untaken annual leave (which I'm still hearing to get a calculation from HR for).

[Slim2none]

How long did it take from referal to OH doctor call? Also how long from that to signing the paperwork? Timescale from beginning to end?

I've been told they are in no rush to get these through.

[greengiant]

How long did it take from referal to OH doctor call? Also how long from that to signing the paperwork? Timescale from beginning to end?

I've been told they are in no rush to get these through.

A few weeks from OH practitioner, to OH GP appointment, then a few days from OH GP appointment to me signing the IHR paperwork.

[Dorset Plodder]

I have never used this site before but needed some input on ihr

Sorry to hear about your ongoing problems. Hope you manage to find a solution. It sounds as if you've been very badly treated.

GreenGiant & BoltonWhite ... WTF guys? Someone builds up the courage to spill their guts on a Public Forum and you two are off on a personal Q & A session! I would have thought you both might have some empathy as you're both OBVIOUSLY hoping for IHR as well!

You can Personal Messsage each other if you need to share info you know.

[Slim2none]

How long did it take from referal to OH doctor call? Also how long from that to signing the paperwork? Timescale from beginning to end?

I've been told they are in no rush to get these through.

A few weeks from OH practitioner, to OH GP appointment, then a few days from OH GP appointment to me signing the IHR paperwork.

Thanks for that, much appreciated. Fingers crossed then.