Long Term Health problems.

[pcb]

Depending upon the severity of your health problems you might come under the DDA. If your health issue affects you daily, you take medication daily and its deemed as long term then I believe you should request a ATOS interview and ask you rown doctor if you come under the DDA. Hope this helps.

[madelin4]

agree with disgruntled , just work your contracted hours , and if that means bringing back mail so be it . the other worrying option for you would be I H R (ill health retirement) if you continue to do "light duties". if your illness is a direct result of royal mail then you could go sick till you are 100% fit . otherwise if it is not a direct result you have to consider if you go off sick , return , then go off sick again this is going to trigger off stages.
all in all if you feel ok doing 25 hrs per week then just do 25 hrs. use correct equipment dont cut corners etc.
hope this helps you to make a decision

In regards to IHR, when would they want to do that? if a person has be on light duties for some time and not getting any better? How long to they have on light duties?

[Suffolkpostie]

agree with disgruntled , just work your contracted hours , and if that means bringing back mail so be it . the other worrying option for you would be I H R (ill health retirement) if you continue to do "light duties". if your illness is a direct result of royal mail then you could go sick till you are 100% fit . otherwise if it is not a direct result you have to consider if you go off sick , return , then go off sick again this is going to trigger off stages.
all in all if you feel ok doing 25 hrs per week then just do 25 hrs. use correct equipment dont cut corners etc.
hope this helps you to make a decision

In regards to IHR, when would they want to do that? if a person has be on light duties for some time and not getting any better? How long to they have on light duties?

I snapped my cruciate ligament back in June 08 and i was told that IHR is looked into if you are not back in work 9 months after your first ATOS report.

[General Mannerheim]

agree with disgruntled , just work your contracted hours , and if that means bringing back mail so be it . the other worrying option for you would be I H R (ill health retirement) if you continue to do "light duties". if your illness is a direct result of royal mail then you could go sick till you are 100% fit . otherwise if it is not a direct result you have to consider if you go off sick , return , then go off sick again this is going to trigger off stages.
all in all if you feel ok doing 25 hrs per week then just do 25 hrs. use correct equipment dont cut corners etc.
hope this helps you to make a decision

In regards to IHR, when would they want to do that? if a person has be on light duties for some time and not getting any better? How long to they have on light duties?

Basically RM will try and get you back on full duty after 3 months...but depending on your condition you can be on them for much longer.
I was on them for six months and could have stayed on them but got fed up with being the lino`s biatch throwing out walks so went back outdoors,the only thing was ATOS said I was suppose to only do half the walk for 6 weeks(at the least)and guess what.....after a week I was told off the DOM that I had to do the full walk as we are short staffed!