Fitness to teach UK

Has anyone in the UK who studied teaching had to undergo a fitness to teach medical? If so how thorough/intimate was it?

While I have not had to undergo a fitness to teach medical personally, I have had friends that have. It involved filling out an health questionnaire and returning to the Occupational Health department. The Occupational Health department will assess the fitness of applicants; approval may be given on the basis of the questionnaire alone, or may require a doctor’s report, a phone call or an assessment by the Occupational Health Physician. None have had to to have an assessment by the Occupational Health Physician.

When I had mines for starting my nursing training it was just auscultation of my chest and was the same for my female classmates. Even starting a new job it was just having my GP fill in my questioner . No physical exam at all.

Although I have not worked in teaching, I believe that medicals were required up until at least the 1980s and also placements during university courses for teaching. I don’t know how thorough they were.