Advice needed
Bear with me as it could be a long-ish one.
I was put on an attendance review - informal improvement plan 9 months ago due to absences relating to long term health conditions making my Bradford factor score over 150 in a 12 month period.
For the last absence I was off for a few weeks due to anaemia as I don’t store ferritin well thanks to a few medical conditions (again long term). I had an iron infusion which picked my levels up enough to feel human again and up until this point I have had no further absences.
However, I am now contemplating being signed off as I’ve just been placed on the urgent suspected cancer pathway. My head is all over the place, I’m struggling to concentrate and my anxiety is through the roof. I have my first investigative procedure next week and they haven’t been hugely helpful regarding that either.
In my notes from the first informal improvement plan, if states the trigger for stage 2 occurs after two additional absences within 12 months from the start date of this plan, or if the Bradford factor remains high. It’s currently 11, as as I’ve said I’ve had no further time off.
I really don’t feel like I can continue being in work at the moment, I don’t feel very well supported and there have been other instances (not related to me) that have occurred at work that have made me start to look elsewhere, so I’m not planning on being here any longer than I have to. I’d rather not trigger a move to stage two and a formal improvement plan, but I imagine that’s the way it’ll go.
Just to add, I’ve been here just under two years and it’s not a big company (charity).