RE: ROYAL MAIL GROUP – OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROVIDER
We have recently been informed, over the last few months Royal Mail Group (RMG) have undertaken a detailed procurement involving colleagues from Operations, Finance, IT and HR in their bid to ensure they select a partner to support them over the coming years. This includes the Occupational Health (OH) Provider. RMG have been with the current provider, Optima since the service was outsourced in 2002. Several Occupational Health providers were approached, who provided proposals laying out how they intend to support RMG to deliver services which “improve levels of attendance across the organisation”.
The procurement process has concluded and ‘Health Partners’ have now been selected to be the new Occupational Health provider. RMG have informed us they are currently working through an implementation plan with Health Partners and the aim is to go live with them during October 2023. National Officer Carl Maden, will be the CWU lead on this matter going forward and the Business have been informed accordingly.
We are in the process of arranging a presentation with Royal Mail to understand the new OH provision.
Branches and Representatives will be kept fully updated of future developments on this matter.
Andy Furey
A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
Carl Maden
Assistant Secretary
CWU Eastern No5 Branch 
I am classed as disabled under the equality act and would like to know if this still stands under the new occupational health company or have i got to go through the whole thing again with this new company? If this is so how do i go about getting a referral?
You need to speak to your manager.