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Thank you. Please also tell me how long you have worked for this employer?
OK I understand. So what reason have they provided for wanting to know about the surgery you had?
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Many thanks for your patience, it is appreciated. I am now pleased to be able to provide further assistance with your query. First of all, I am sorry to hear about the issues brought up by this. It must be a frustrating situation to be going through.
The employer cannot force you to disclose exact details of the surgery you have had, especially if it is of a personal nature. You can keep details general and only provide those which provide a general explanation of why you were off, and also anything which would be relevant to your job and may affect your health and safety there, or have a direct impact on your ability to do your role.
Any other details do not have to be disclosed as you still have a right to privacy, especially when the reasons are very personal and you do not want others to know about them, apart from having a general understanding of what they were.
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Simply stating ‘surgery’ is probably not enough, so you need to be a more detailed in your explanation, without necessarily going into exact details.
They cannot force you to provide further details. In the end you need to state that you had surgery for personal gynaecological reasons, which do not impact your ability to do your job, apart from when you are off and that you have the right to privacy and not go into full detail about the procedures that you had done.