If you are asked to undertake a medical examination by your employer. You have certain rights in respect of any report given. These rights do not apply to medical reports requested by certain government departments like the Department for Work & Pensions.

Your employer needs your consent to obtain any report from any doctor that treats you. This consent should be in writing. Depending on your employer they may not make it clear exactly what your rights are on obtaining such reports. Though they have a duty to.

Under the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 you have the right (4. Access to reports before they are supplied) to check any report before this is submitted to your employer.

This is for any report from your GP or Consultant to an employer appointed Doctor. Also any report that an employer appointed Doctor wants to submit to your employer.

To more fully understand your rights here. Your trade union/legal representative will be able to offer advice.

If the form you are given by your employer to seek your consent doesn't specifically mention you require sight of any medical report before it is submitted. You can add this on to this consent form before you sign it.

The Act can be found at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/ukpga_19880028_en_1

The Department of Health has advice on this also at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/Informationpolicy/Patientconfidentialityandcaldicottguardians/DH_4084411