Pre-course information: Occupational Health information 2022
Occupational Health (OH) questionnaire
Like all healthcare institutions, we have a duty to check the fitness to study and practise of all potential students for the protection of both patients and candidates. You can download Vaccination and Health Requirements Information as a word document.
Please complete all sections of the confidential health questionnaire, including height, weight and immunisation history. This form is a declaration so please give adequate information about any health conditions. You may be able to find immunisation records from your GP or in your "Red Book".
You need to complete the Personal Occupational Health Questionnaire and the online form as a priority and no later than midnight on Sunday 14 August 2022. Delay in starting this process may mean that your place is withdrawn or deferred to September 2023.
If you have any queries, please email hscapps@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Please send your immunisation record and any relevant medical assessment reports by email to health.questionnaire@stgeorges.nhs.uk and include the following details in the main body of the email:
- Full name
- UCAS or Kingston ID number
- Course
Please save any attachments with your KU ID number followed by your surname and first name, followed by the document type e.g. K123456 Burton Louise Vaccination Record.
On receipt of the online forms, someone from the OH department may contact you with some questions, ask you to get your GP to complete a report, or may send you an appointment for a face-to-face health interview assessment with an OH Doctor or may just pass you fit.
Once you have been assessed as fit, our OH department will inform the Admissions department. It is usual to class that stage as Level 1 clearance.
Vaccinations
As a healthcare student you will have regular contact with vulnerable patients during your training. In the event of these patients contracting diseases such as Measles, Chickenpox or Tuberculosis, the mortality and morbidity is unacceptably high compared to normal healthy people. Rubella can cause significant abnormalities in an unborn child if a pregnant woman or birthing person becomes infected. Additionally, hospitals and care settings you will be attached to during your training have strict policies regarding immunity requirements before you are allowed to have contact with patients.
It is recommended that you have the COVID vaccine doses when they are offered to you by the national vaccination programme, if you have not already received these.
The following vaccinations are mandatory for all Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and Working with Children and Young People students before starting your placements:
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
- Chickenpox (VZV).
Midwifery students need to make an appointment with Occupational Health before starting. Please see the additional requirements for Midwifery students.
Screening for Chickenpox, Tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B and C
Screening for the above will be carried out by the Occupational Health Department on starting and students must attend with either their photo driving licence or passport at the occupational health appointment.
Midwifery students need to make an appointment with Occupational Health before starting, see below.
Midwifery: additional requirements
Hepatitis B, C & HIV screening appointment (Midwifery only)
All students undertaking a Midwifery course must be tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C before entry to their course. This will be carried out by the Occupational Health Department at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT.