For certain complex employee health situations, conducting the occupational health assessment at the employee’s home or at your workplace site may be not just convenient but essential to provide the most accurate and contextually appropriate medical opinion. At Cherries Medical Clinic, we offer a specialist home visit and site visit service where one of our experienced GMC-registered doctors will travel to conduct the consultation in the location that best serves the needs of the assessment. This personalised approach demonstrates exceptional care for employee wellbeing while providing you with the most comprehensive and relevant clinical advice possible for managing challenging workplace health matters.

This service is particularly valued by employers who are managing complex return-to-work situations where home working or workplace modifications are being considered, who need expert assessment of safety-critical roles in situ, who are supporting employees with severe mobility or health limitations, or who require detailed workplace assessments to inform decisions about reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. We work with businesses throughout Slough, Southampton, and across the wider South of England, and our willingness to travel to conduct assessments demonstrates our commitment to providing truly comprehensive occupational health support that meets the real-world needs of both employers and employees.

The process for arranging a home or site visit follows our established professional framework with some additional planning considerations. As always, you will begin by discussing the referral with your employee and obtaining their informed consent for the Occupational Health consultation, ensuring they understand that the assessment will take place at their home or at the workplace and what this will involve. You will then complete our comprehensive Occupational Health Employer Referral Form, providing detailed information about why a home or site visit is necessary for this particular case, along with all the usual supporting documentation including the employee’s sickness absence record, their job role details, working hours, the mental and physical demands of their position, and information about any workplace adjustments already made or under consideration.

When requesting a home visit, you should provide the employee’s full address and any relevant access information, such as parking availability, entry systems or physical access considerations. For site visits, you should provide the workplace address, details of where on site the assessment will take place, who will be present during the visit and any site-specific requirements such as security procedures, PPE requirements or access restrictions.

Your employee will submit a signed Employee Consent Form as usual, which includes optional authorisation for access to their GP medical records. For home visits in particular, having recent medical records can be especially valuable as our doctor will not have access to clinic-based examination equipment, and comprehensive background information can help inform the assessment.

Once all forms and information have been submitted, our team will contact you to arrange a mutually convenient time for the visit. We typically allow at least one hour for the consultation itself, plus appropriate time for travel (with mileage charged including return at £0.30 per mile to & from the nearest clinic), which is why advance planning and flexibility with scheduling are important for this service.

Visit our Main Landing Page where you can find & complete the Employer Referral Form & Employee Consent Form.