Occupational Health for Employers
Health surveillance, medicals, testing and vaccination clinics for UK employers — at your site or at our Ilkley clinic
We are a CQC-registered clinic in Ilkley that does occupational health for employers across the UK. Health surveillance, statutory assessments, safety critical medicals, drug and alcohol testing and vaccination clinics, delivered at your site or at ours.
We work with construction principal contractors, highways and utilities contractors, manufacturers, food producers, logistics operators, care providers and recruitment agencies. Some send us one worker; some send us a list of two hundred. Both are fine.
There is no joining fee, no retainer and no minimum contract. You tell us the roles, the numbers and the standard you have been asked to meet, and we tell you which assessment fits and what it costs. Call 0113 531 4947 or email info@ypchealth.co.uk.
What the law asks of you
The duties behind most of the assessments employers book.
Health surveillance
HSE defines health surveillance as a scheme of repeated health checks used to identify ill health caused by work. It is required where your workers stay exposed to a health risk after you have put controls in place. It is not a substitute for controlling the exposure, and it is not a general wellbeing check.
Noise
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 set a lower exposure action value of 80 dB(A), an upper action value of 85 dB(A) and an exposure limit value of 87 dB(A). Health surveillance is needed for anyone likely to be regularly exposed above the upper action value, or at risk for any other reason. HSE guidance suggests a baseline test, annual tests for the first two years, then three-yearly.
Hand-arm vibration
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 set an exposure action value of 2.5 m/s² A(8) and an exposure limit value of 5.0 m/s² A(8). Health surveillance is required where there is a risk to health, which in practice means anyone regularly above the action value or reporting symptoms.
Substances hazardous to health
COSHH requires health surveillance where a substance in use is linked to a disease such as occupational asthma, dermatitis or cancer, where that disease can be detected, and where the conditions of the work make it likely to appear. In practice this covers respiratory sensitisers, flour, wood dust, isocyanates, solvents, coolants and wet work.
Assessments tied to the job or the hours
Night workers
Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 you must offer every night worker a free health assessment before they start night work and at regular intervals afterwards. It is a duty to offer, not a duty to make them attend, but you need to be able to show you offered it.
Food handlers
Food business operators must make sure nobody handling open food works while carrying an infection that could be passed on through food. A documented fitness-to-work assessment at recruitment, and after illness or foreign travel, is how most auditors expect to see that managed.
Safety critical work
Working at height, in confined spaces, on the roads, with plant and machinery, or as part of a rescue team. There is no single statutory medical, so the standard comes from your risk assessment and from whichever client, scheme or industry body you answer to. We build the medical around that standard rather than a generic template.
Drivers
HGV, bus, coach and taxi drivers need a DVLA medical against the relevant Group 2 or licensing standard. We do these with our own GP, and we can do them alongside the rest of a fleet’s health surveillance.
Not sure which of these applies to you? Send us the job titles and a line about what the work involves and we will tell you what is required, what is good practice and what is neither. We do not charge for that conversation and we will not invent a duty that does not exist.
What we provide, and what it costs
Every price on one page. No VAT, no management fee.
Assessments and medicals
Night worker health assessment — questionnaire reviewed by an occupational health nurse, certificate for every worker, typically within three working days. £45 per worker for 1 to 9, £40 each for 10 to 24, £35 each for 25 to 49, quoted for 50 or more.
Food handler health assessment — the same process against food industry fitness-to-work criteria. £95 per worker for 1 to 9, £85 each for 10 to 24, £75 each for 25 to 49, quoted for 50 or more.
Fit to Work Medical — £95. Questionnaire, height, weight, blood pressure, urinalysis, vision and hearing screen, and a certificate. 20 to 30 minutes. The right choice for general site access and pre-employment checks.
Safety Critical Medical — £155, including a urine drug screen and a breath alcohol test. Adds spirometry, a musculoskeletal and neurological assessment and a fitness review for height, confined space and rescue work. 30 to 45 minutes.
DVLA driver medical — HGV, bus, coach and taxi, done by our GP against the DVLA standard.
Nurse and physician referral — where a case needs a formal opinion on fitness, adjustments or a return to work. Occupational health nurse assessment £275; occupational health physician assessment £375.
Health surveillance and testing
Audiometry — pure tone air conduction testing to HSE categories, with a baseline and the follow-up programme the regulations expect. £35 per person at our Ilkley clinic; on site we quote per worker, with volume rates for a full shift.
Spirometry — lung function testing for respiratory health surveillance, £65 for an individual appointment at the clinic and quoted for groups on site.
Hand-arm vibration — tiered HAVS health surveillance, from questionnaire screening through to clinical assessment where the answers call for it.
Skin and respiratory checks — for wet work, flour, dusts, solvents and sensitisers, where COSHH requires them.
Vision and hearing screening — vision perception and colour vision testing where a role requires it, and screening audiometry, either as part of a medical or on their own.
Drug and alcohol testing — pre-employment, random, for-cause and post-incident. Urine drug screening and breath alcohol, with accredited laboratory confirmation and full chain of custody where a screen is non-negative, so no decision rests on a screening result alone. On site, £45 per person for a urine drug screen, £25 for a breath alcohol test or £60 for both, minimum £350 per visit. Full prices are on our workplace drug and alcohol testing page.
Workplace vaccination clinics — on-site flu clinics at your premises, priced per clinic once we know your numbers and dates. Hepatitis B and other occupational vaccinations quoted by programme.
BCG scar checks — £35, for healthcare and care staff whose vaccination records are incomplete. Where TB screening is needed we use an IGRA blood test rather than a Mantoux.
Needlestick and immunity blood tests — HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing after a needlestick or sharps injury (£129), hepatitis B immunity levels (£69) and MMR immunity (£99) for healthcare, dental and care staff. More on our needlestick injury blood test page.
No VAT. The price you are quoted is the price you pay. We do not charge a management fee, a per-site fee or a fee for access to a portal. Prices on this page were correct at the time of writing and are confirmed in writing before any work starts.
How it works
On your site anywhere in the UK, or at our Ilkley clinic.
At your site, anywhere in the UK
We bring the clinic to you. That means a clinician, the equipment for whatever you have booked, and a room booked out for the day.
What we need from you
A private room with a table, two chairs and a power socket, a list of names with the assessment each person needs, and a rough appointment order. We do the rest, including chasing the people who do not turn up.
How many we get through in a day
It depends on the assessment. A full shift of audiometry or night worker assessments moves quickly; safety critical medicals at 30 to 45 minutes each do not. Tell us the numbers and the window you have and we will tell you honestly how many days it takes rather than promising a number we cannot hit.
Shift patterns, evenings and weekends
We work evenings and weekends where that is what it takes to catch a night shift or avoid shutting a line down. Tell us the shift pattern and we will fit around it rather than asking you to fit around us.
Where we travel
UK-wide. The further you are from Ilkley the larger the call-out element of the quote, so for anything outside Yorkshire it is usually worth batching people into one visit.
Multi-site and framework work
We run the same programme across several sites on one schedule and one invoice, which is how most of our construction and agency clients work.
At our Ilkley clinic
1 Skipton Road, Ilkley, LS29 9EH, with free parking outside the door. Appointments start at 07:00 so people can be seen before their shift.
Sending one or two people
Book them in online and we invoice you, or give them a reference and let them book themselves. No account setup needed.
Turnaround
For medicals, the certificate is issued the same day where the outcome is straightforward, and within three working days where a result needs a clinician to review it. Night worker and food handler certificates are typically within three working days.
Combining appointments
Most people can have a medical, a hearing test, spirometry and a vaccination in one visit rather than four, which is usually the difference between one hour of lost time and four.
Who does the assessment
A HCPC-registered paramedic, an NMC-registered nurse or a GMC-registered GP, depending on what you have booked. YPC Health is registered with the Care Quality Commission and has been running since 2017.
Getting started takes one phone call. Tell us the roles, the numbers and the standard you have been asked to meet. We will confirm which assessment fits, what it costs and when we can do it, in writing, usually the same day. Call 0113 531 4947 or email info@ypchealth.co.uk.
Employer questions
Contracts, invoicing, records and confidentiality.
Cost, contracts and getting set up
Do we need a contract or a retainer?
No. There is no joining fee, no retainer and no minimum spend. You book what you need when you need it and we invoice for that. Clients who want a scheduled annual programme can have one, but it is not a condition of using us.
Do you charge VAT?
No. We do not charge VAT on our services, so the quoted price is the price you pay.
How do you invoice?
On completion, with 30-day terms for account clients, one invoice and one point of contact however many sites or people are involved. Individuals booking for themselves pay when they book.
Can you work to our client’s standard rather than yours?
Yes, and it is most of what we do. Send us the specification — a principal contractor’s medical standard, a scheme requirement, an agency’s pre-placement form — and we assess against it and certify in the format asked for.
What if someone fails?
Very few people are found unfit outright. Most outcomes are fit, or fit with an adjustment or a review date. Where there is a real question we say so plainly, explain what would need to change, and offer a nurse or physician referral if you want a formal opinion.
Records, results and confidentiality
What do we receive?
A certificate stating the fitness outcome and any restrictions or review date, plus a register of everyone assessed. That is what you need for your records and for an audit.
What do we not receive?
The clinical detail. The worker’s answers, measurements and medical history stay confidential between them and the clinician. You receive the outcome, not the diagnosis. That is a legal requirement, not a policy of ours, and saying so up front is what gets people to answer the questionnaire honestly.
Who holds the health records?
We hold the clinical record. You hold the health record required by the regulations — the register of who was assessed, when, and the outcome — and we provide it in a form you can keep. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
How often does health surveillance need repeating?
It depends on the hazard. Audiometry is usually baseline, annually for two years, then three-yearly. HAVS and respiratory surveillance are typically annual. Medicals are commonly every three years, more often over 65, where a health condition needs it, or after a serious illness, injury or an absence of more than four weeks. We keep the schedule and tell you when people fall due.
Do you report sickness absence or fitness to our HR system?
We give you the certificate and the register. We do not plug into your HR system and we do not pass on anything beyond the fitness outcome without the worker’s consent.
Prices on this page were correct at the time of writing and are confirmed in writing before work starts. We are not an emergency service: for an emergency call 999, and for urgent NHS advice call 111.
Tell us what you need to cover.
Call 0113 531 4947 between 07:00 and 17:00, Monday to Friday, or email info@ypchealth.co.uk and a person will answer you. YPC Health, 1 Skipton Road, Ilkley, LS29 9EH · CQC registered · UK-wide for employers · established 2017.
Every service we offer employers
Each one has its own page, with what is included, the price and the turnaround.
Assessments and medicals
Health surveillance and testing
- Workplace audiometry (hearing tests)
- Workplace spirometry
- Workplace drug and alcohol testing
- Workplace flu vaccination clinics
- BCG scar checks
- Employer questions and answers
Not listed? Ask. We also do blood tests for employers, health screening for senior staff and one-off assessments that do not fit a category. Call 0113 531 4947.