A camp is a screening exercise, and screening is only useful if abnormal findings reach a clinician. Most camps stop at the finding.
The stages, and where it stops
| Stage | Requirement | Usual break point |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | Employees actually turn up | Scheduled during peak work hours |
| Screening | Consistent tests, recorded consistently | Results on paper, per person, unaggregated |
| Finding flagged | Abnormals identified against a threshold | No agreed threshold; nobody owns the review |
| Employee informed | The person learns their own result | Handed a printout with no explanation |
| Appointment booked | A named clinician, a real slot | Told to “consult a doctor”, so nobody does |
| Care completed | Treatment actually happens | No mechanism to know either way |
The two stages that decide everything
Flagging and booking. A camp that records results but never applies a threshold produces data nobody reads. A camp that flags but does not book converts an abnormal finding into a private worry, which is a worse outcome than not having screened.
What the employer should and should not see
The employer sees that a camp happened, how many attended, and how many were referred onward in aggregate. It does not see who was flagged or for what. That boundary is what makes attendance possible at all — a screening people believe reports to their manager is a screening they skip.
Questions we get asked
Why do corporate health camps rarely lead to treatment?
Because the camp usually ends at the finding. An abnormal result is printed, handed over, and the employee is told to consult a doctor, which leaves them to navigate the next step alone. Camps that convert are the ones where an abnormal result creates a booked appointment with a named clinician before the employee leaves the room.
What should an employer see from a health camp?
Attendance and aggregate onward-referral counts, with a suppression floor so small teams cannot be identified. Individual findings belong to the employee and their clinician. Screening that employees believe reports to their employer is screening they avoid, which defeats the purpose of running it.
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