Working in the Civil Service?

Hi. There maybe another cause of your fatigue and if you've been through treatment you are bound to be tired. 

Otherwise maybe you could change to a different anti oestrogen medication. I'm due to start anastrozole. I am worried about side effects. This treatment goes on and on. 

I can't answer about changing to working from home all of the time depends on your manager I would guess and if its fits the service. Maybe need to discuss with occupational health 

Good luck xx

Hi Willow Moon

as a civil servant you can ask your manager to refer you for an Occupational Health assessment - have you looked into this?  If not, your Human Resources team should have guidance on how to do it.  The OH team will make recommendations for “reasonable adjustments” to accommodate any illness/side effects of cancer or the medications.   So depending on your symptoms they may recommend a period of working from home, eg. X months full time WFH subject to review at the end of that period.  They might have other ideas too, for making work more feasible.  Best of luck x

Hi

I’m sure your HR are aware that as a cancer patient you have the same rights in employment law as someone with a disability. I would have thought working from home would come under ‘reasonable adjustment’. I’m now WFH full time as a local government officer. 

as I have posted elsewhere  they agreed for me to wfh whilst undergoing treatment but it's admin work, not my full role, I doubt very much I'd be allowed to work from home permanently,  disability or not, as the demand can only be met in the office. given the choice I'd LOVE to WFH all the time, saves a fortune in petrol and also travelling time but I doubt that will happen. but if you can put a good enough case in, outlining your needs but also how to meet your employers needs it's worth a chance 

The work support adviser on this page will be able to give you advice on exactly what you are entitled to, which may indeed be working from home, and they can also tell you how to go about making it happen.