Would the NHS revoke a job offer if they find out about my arthritis/fibromyalgia diagnosis?

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I have applied for a very active job, less active than my current one but am nervous if they realise I have arthritis/fibromyalgia they will say I’m not suitable.

It will come up during the medical checks, can they revoke a job offer after finding it out?

My diagnosis doesn’t impact my ability to do the job, I just need some considerations like chairs and slightly more time to do things.

Thanks

Absolutely not. If you want reasonable adjustments then you'll need to declare your disability. You'll then be assessed by occupational health as to what is needed and how it can be put in place.

What medical checks do you mean? You don't get a medical for a role in the NHS as far as I know?

@AndSoFinally

What medical checks do you mean? You don't get a medical for a role in the NHS as far as I know?

I’ve had an Occupational health assessment for every job I’ve had in the nhs so I assume it’s that.

Sorry yes it’s an occupational health check. I’ll have to declare arthritis/fibro during it.

As long as they don’t come back to me and say they can’t employ me.

As I understand it, if you fit for the role at the time of application, they can't withdraw the offer. If you need adjustments to do the role though, I think they decide whether those adjustments are reasonable logistically. For example if you needed equipment costing £50k, they could decide it wasn't reasonable. Or if someone else had to do all the heavy work on your behalf, they could decide not reasonable. It gets more complicated if vulnerable people are involved eg patients. Can you do the tasks required in an emergency for example. So yes and no, I'd think. Usually you fill in an occupational form and they decide if they need to speak to you. I'm not an expert. Just a fibro person who used to work for the NHS a long time ago so may be out of date with my views.

If you'd applied for say a desk job in a non safety critical role, they wouldn't be able to take back the offer if you were well at the time of applying. But as it's safety critical, it's different I think.

No. My assistant has fibromyalgia plus other health conditions. We spoke openly from the start and while she’s responsible for most of the steps in her plan, we wrote the plan together and she’s doing great. If she was unable to do the job then it would be different.

They can't just revoke it, but they likely will ask for an occupational health assessment - which is a good thing, for you and them. It means that reasonable adjustments will be put in place if possible, it also means that if your condition means that you won't be able to do the job, at least you'll know before instead of after starting. Needing chairs doesn't sound like a problem, needing longer to do things could be - because reasonable adjustments still require you to reach the same outcomes as someone without your disability, just by the same.path. but if it's less active than you have now, hopefully will work out!

Why didn't you mention it at interview if you know it will mean you will need more time to do things?

@230pm

I have applied for a very active job, less active than my current one but am nervous if they realise I have arthritis/fibromyalgia they will say I’m not suitable.

It will come up during the medical checks, can they revoke a job offer after finding it out?

My diagnosis doesn’t impact my ability to do the job, I just need some considerations like chairs and slightly more time to do things.

Thanks

It’s unlikely if you can do the role. And NHS can be quite good at reasonable adjustments.

I think the only person we’ve ever had to turn down for something like that was almost completely unable to do the role. The odd chair, or extra piece of equipment or a slight adjustment to tasks we wouldn’t see as a problem at all.

I have chronic neck/shoulder pain. They just asked what adjustments I had in place already eg equipment in my current job and then put in the report that it was important that I had them in my new role. Nothing to worry about .