I have name changed for this. I have stage 4 cancer and treated bi polar. I am on quetiapine for a mood stabiliser but it is an anti psychotic. I'm also on the max dose of venlafaxine.
I took a week off work and on my return today I had a return to work with my managers manager, who frankly was so offensive it has shaken me to the core.
I work in the nhs in an admin role and this is a snippet of the conversation I had with my managers manager.
She asked me if I'd increased my medications whilst I was off, googled the quetiapine and said oh an antipsychotic, are you even safe to work here ?
Then later in the conversation about my absence (which wasn't because of my mental health) she said who am I actually dealing with here? Are you a risk to me and the other staff?
Wtf??? No. I'm not a risk. It's a mood stabiliser. Even if I was a 'risk' I disclosed it to occy health.
Problem is who do I take this to? She's the head of the service and not my direct manager. There is no one above her.
The more the day goes on the angrier I'm getting. I am in a union