RESEARCH / VERSION 1.1 / 16 OCTOBER 2026
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Encourages early help and adapts support to the employee’s role and safety risks.
| Field | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Reference period | 2025-02 (version 4.0) |
| Coverage | England |
| Status | Published document examined; internal operation unconfirmed |
| Source-check date | 2026-10-14 |
| Document | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust — Substance Misuse Policy |
| Confidentiality | Presence: explicit; conditions: condition or scope recorded. Need-to-know sharing; self-referral confidential except risk exceptions. [Source: 6.1.3] |
| Voluntary disclosure | Presence: explicit; conditions: not separately assessed. Early help-seeking encouraged and direct access to support recognised. [Source: 6.1.1; 6.2.4] |
| Treatment leave | Presence: explicit; conditions: condition or scope recorded. Necessary absence paid under sickness rules, with clinical confirmation and normal reporting. [Source: 6.2.5] |
| Relapse | Presence: not reviewed; conditions: unresolved. No specific relapse entitlement confirmed in the reviewed provisions. [Source: 6.2.6; wider policy not fully coded] |
| Return to work | Presence: explicit; conditions: condition or scope recorded. Temporary reallocation of duties may support employees while problems are addressed. [Source: 6.2.3.4] |
| Impairment and safety | Presence: explicit; conditions: not separately assessed. Support, role risk, fitness and serious misconduct considered separately. [Source: 6.1.4; 6.2.3] |
| Occupational health | Presence: explicit; conditions: not separately assessed. Management referral for assessment where work ability is affected. [Source: 6.2.4.2] |
| Treatment-time routes | sickness absence |
| Treatment pay | sick pay terms — Necessary absence paid under sickness rules with clinical confirmation. |
| Treatment-pay check scope | Structured recode of v1.0 source-linked descriptions; not a fresh source check. |
| Currency | Public availability does not confirm that this is the current operative HR policy. |
Presence and conditions
| Provision | Presence | Conditions / scope |
|---|---|---|
| confidentiality | explicit | Need-to-know sharing; self-referral confidential except risk exceptions. |
| voluntary disclosure | explicit | not separately assessed |
| treatment leave | explicit | Necessary absence paid under sickness rules, with clinical confirmation and normal reporting. |
| relapse | not reviewed | unresolved |
| return to work | explicit | Temporary reallocation of duties may support employees while problems are addressed. |
| impairment safety | explicit | not separately assessed |
| occupational health | explicit | not separately assessed |
Interpretation limits
Governance table gives both valid-from and valid-to as March 2025; validity needs employer confirmation. Return coding is temporary duty support, not a guaranteed return plan. Published commitments only.
Sources
- Substance Misuse Policy — See provision-level section locators.
Cite this record
Civil Liberties Action (2026). Recovery at work: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Record wp-royal-cornwall, version 1.1, 2026-10-16. https://cla-political-finance.copperchime4.chatgpt.site/databases/releases/2026-10-16-v1.1/records/workplace/wp-royal-cornwall.html
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