Independent occupational health for employers, HR and legal
At a Glance
Who instructs
Employers and in-house HR teams, HR consultancies, occupational health providers, and employment law solicitors.
Format
Remote consultation by secure video or telephone, typically 45 to 60 minutes. Available UK-wide.
Turnaround
Appointments usually available within a week of confirmed instruction. Expedited arrangements can be made where a case is urgent.
The report
Personally authored by Dr Christopher Levy after every consultation — fitness for work, reasonable adjustments, prognosis, and direct answers to the questions raised in the referral.
Fees
Available on request. Get in touch for a schedule of fees.
For complex, contested and formal-process cases where the report needs to withstand scrutiny.
Artensia’s management referral service is built for the cases where the report has real work to do — capability processes heading toward dismissal, disability discrimination questions engaging the Equality Act, long-term absence where the medical picture is not straightforward, and situations where HR needs a clear clinical opinion it can rely on.
Reports are written to give the instructing party a firm basis on which to act, with the clinical reasoning set out so it can be followed and, if necessary, defended.
All assessments are carried out personally by Dr Christopher Levy, a GMC-registered Occupational Health Physician with over 25 years of clinical experience. Consultations are conducted remotely by secure video, which is what allows appointments to be offered UK-wide and at short notice.
Nurse-led occupational health services sometimes need physician-level input: a case that has become complex or contested, a question that calls for a medical opinion, or a report that would benefit from a second look before it goes to the client. Artensia provides that input case by case, either by remote assessment where one is needed or as advisory work by telephone or written correspondence based on the material provided. Each instruction is scoped and quoted in advance.
Every report sets out:
Not every question requires a formal referral. Sometimes HR would value a second opinion on a report received elsewhere. Sometimes an occupational health provider wants physician input on the reasoning in a particular case. Sometimes a team wants to sense-check whether a referral is the right route before commissioning one.
The same physician input is available for these situations as advisory work — conducted by telephone or written correspondence, without an assessment of the employee, based on the material provided. Sessions are typically 30 to 60 minutes, agreed in advance, with written follow-up where useful.
Where a case genuinely calls for a full assessment, that is what will be recommended.
Fees depend on the complexity of the case, the turnaround required, and the extent of any records to be reviewed. Every instruction is scoped and quoted before the assessment is arranged, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
The full Schedule of Professional Fees is available on request.
Referrals may be made through the online referral portal or by telephone on 020 3488 1105. Every instruction is scoped and confirmed before the assessment is arranged.
