Doctor patient confidentiality for temporary patients?

[OhlimpPricks]

In a nutshell.

I have a disability, and asked my employers if I can be moved to another location as I have great difficulty climbing 5 flights of steps.
They had a company come in and do a risk assessment and the move was duly agreed. My employers have asked to have access to my medical records, presumably to ascertain if my condition will worsen?
I refused, for various reasons, one being that despite having over 100 employees, the company has no HR dept, or anyone with HR accreditation.
My realistic fear is that information will not be treated with any confidentiality by my company.

I suggested that they arrange for me to see a private doctor to do an assessment, and they have done this for next week.

I have no idea of the brief that they have given the doctor, but am I right in thinking although they have arranged and paid for the appointment, I am still technically the patient?
Therefore can I discuss my medical history with the doctor, but still be protected by patient/doctor regulations? and she can write a report detailing my physical capabilities, prognosis etc, but if requested, should not disclose any other details of my medical history that I may have talked about with her, either in a report, or in conversation?

Am I also entitled to see a copy of the report before she sends it to my employers.

As they are ones that pay her, do they call the shots?

Before you see the doctor, all of this should be outlined.

I had to see a private doctor for my employer and had to sign forms before i went, stating that i understood what was happening and how the information should be used.

The doctor then ran through things before i spoke to him, as well.

I can only think that this isn't being done because they don't have an acredited HR person.

Thanks for your reply. I'm going to ask them to outline things for me. It is an absolute nightmare having no HR dept. people's contracts, appraisals, notes, etc are just kept in a filing cabinet that any number of people have access to.
Anytime they hit a bump in the road, if they have any serious issues they refer to the company solicitor, but there is no grievance procedure or anything like that in place.

Bump, anyone else have experience?

You may be better asking this in employment; there are some wonderful MN ers there who have vast hr experience. Maybe report your op and ask for this to be moved?

Thanks Norma !

I think you should expect that the Dr will use whatever you tell them to draw their report up tbh.

hi there
We have moved this to employment
thanks
MNHQ

GMC guidelines on disclosing info for employment purposes.

I would assume that the doctor will state that anything relevant to the health assessment will be included unless you dissent to share the assessment in its entirety. I don't think you can reasonably choose which bits to hold back - although the guidelines do note that the doctor should disclose the whole record but only those parts which are relevant.

Just run this by dh, he's a GP who does a lot of medicals for employment reasons.
You're definitely entitled to see the report before it's sent, and the doctor can't hand over any information without your consent.

Thanks for your help everyone.