Refused occupational report

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I was referred to occupational health for stress ( work) . The occupational health woman’s concluded that my stress was not relevant as I am not on a fit note etc . She didn’t recommend any adjustments apart from a stress test , which I have seen and I know it won’t help me .

I'm going to request to adjust my hours ( which is likely to be accepted ) as I believe this will help me .

I have not had any sick of but have cried at work which was why I was referred .

I didn’t agree with what she said ( not her recommendations , but what she thought about my work situation ) . Can I get into trouble for refusing to give consent for the report to be shown to manager ( with the stress test recommendation).

I just want to move on from the whole thing .

You can withhold consent for the report to be shared and you can't get in trouble. However, your employers can only make decisions based on information (by which I mean evidence) that they have.

As @OvertiredandConfused said, your manager doesn't have to see it but it helps them when planning any adjustments, further input, sources of help etc that you need. Occ Health referrals are there to support you and your manager to agree the way forward, they're not definitive. If you think that reducing your hours would help and you think that request would be supported then that can be agreed with your manager and documented through eg your flexible working request.

You don't have to consent to the report being released. However, you may then be seen as not cooperating fully in the process, and your manager may not be so inclined to make adjustments in the absence of any formal recommendations.

If you think that your request for a change in hours is likely to be accepted and that this will resolve the problem, then have that conversation with your manager and hopefully you can draw a line under the issue. If your stress is likely to continue regardless, then that's a little more complicated - you can't really keep complaining about it if you aren't willing to go along with the occ health recommendations.

Is the stress test walking on a treadmill or is there another type?