Fieldwork

Students who are involved in field trips during their course of study are required to complete a functional questionnaire provided by the course leaders, if they are flagged up by risk assessment, as having a health condition which may be made worse by the planned activities of the field trip.

This functional questionnaire will be assessed by an Occupational Health nurse, and in most cases a telephone call or a face to face consultation will be adequate for a decision to be made.

In some cases where there is evidence of complex needs the OH nurse may decide to refer the individual on to the Consultant Occupational Health Physician who will ultimately declare fitness or otherwise.