Edgbaston Private Practice provides a service to companies and professional firms. It is a corporate health service which can provide as little or as much as your company or firm wants, and can be designed to fit your budget and healthcare needs. The service includes executive health checks, employee health checks, pre employment medicals, back to work medicals, flu vaccinations and management of sickness absence

Absence Management
This service is designed to give the employer clear independent advice on the well being of their employees, and practical recommendations to aid with recovery.

We offer the following:

• Long term health assessments
• Short term health assessments
• Fitness to work assessments
• Return to work planning 

Immunisations & Vaccinations
Certain occupations are advised certain vaccinations to ensure health and safety within the work place.  This service allows employees to comply with the advice from the department of health.

Vaccinations may also be given to reduce absence and sickness and to ensure that employees are fit to work.

We offer the following:

• Hep A
• Hep B
• Influenza (Flu Vaccination)
• Measles
• Varicella
• Rubella
• TB (Mantoux & BCG)
• Other Vaccinations Available up on request 

Blood Screening
This service is offered to assess employee’s immunity and to indicate further needs for immunisation or to monitor and assessed employees following an exposure to chemical or blood borne viruses.

We Screen for the following:

• Hepatitis B anti-body screen
• Hepatitis B status
• Hepatitis C status
• HIV Status
• Measles anti-body screen
• Rubella anti-body screen
• Varicella anti-body screen
• Blood borne virus exposure Management
• Asbestos exposure surveillance
• Lead exposure surveillance
• Alcohol management
• Blood count
• Liver function tests
• Cholesterol testing

Drug and Alcohol Testing
It is not acceptable for a member of staff to be using or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol whilst in the work place. Not only is it harmful to themselves but to other around them and potentially putting themselves and others at risk of an accident. eliminate this risk with screening for drugs and alcohol. The test indicates what an employee has taken or used.

Pre Employment Assessments
The prospect of taking on new members of the team can be a very exciting time. However the possibility of future sickness or illness can be very off putting when employing someone new. Pre-employment assessments are the perfect way to help eliminate any future possibility of illness when taking on a new employee. We can offer a comprehensive medical examination in which any pre-existing health condition can be picked up and used to identify any present illnesses, both physical and psychological, Which could potentially affect the prospective employee’s ability to do the job now or in the near future.

Employment Medicals
Certain health assessments are mandatory and this OH service can assist with compliance. Others are strongly advisable to help reduce workplace accidents and sickness absence.

There is a wide range of jobs that can bring potential danger to the employees or the public. To identify these problems or illnesses and further reduce the risk of medical conditions having an effect on an employee’s ability to perform their duties at work we offer employment medicals.

If your employee’s work with dangerous machinery, are exposed to danger, or work in a high risk environment we can offer an Employment Medical tailored to your needs depending upon the demands of the job and conditions of work.

Some of the Assessments we offer:

• Comprehensive Medicals
• Height Weight & Body Index
• Urinalysis
• Blood Pressure & Pulse
• Vaccination Status
• Drug and Alcohol Screening
• Life Style Evaluation
• Vision - Eye Testing
• Audiometry – Audio Testing
• RSI Testing (Repetitive Strain Injury)
• Spirometry - Lung Function Test
• Liver Function Test
• Food Handler Medical
• Night Worker Medical
• Driver Related Medicals 

Health Promotion
This service aims to raise awareness of illness and aid prevention. This scheme is provided to educate employees on how to improve their health. This may be things such as smoking bans in the work place, or encouragement of personal protective equipment. This service helps to promote an overall better health and fitness within the work place. The service can be provided with health screening and surveillance.