Taken from the HCP assessment guide "Prior to concluding face-to-face consultations, HPs should give claimants an overview of the findings they have taken from the consultation. Claimants should be invited to clarify any points, ask any questions they have about the assessment procedure and if there is anything else they would like to say before they leave. The HP should answer any issues or concerns they express."
Any advice on how to address this? Am I within my rights to say " can you just read back all your notes that you have taken?" Wouldn't that impact on the allotted time and irritate the HCP?Has anyone ever done this? I have my assessment next week, never had one for DLA but my ESA assessment was a farce. I failed it and when I read the HCP report, it could have been about someone else. Almost nothing tallied with the answers I gave. The tribunal overturned it & put me in support group. So, I would like to avoid a repitition by checking the HCP notes before I leave. ( if I have the bottle)
"I understand that it is normal for assessors to run through the notes that they have made with the claimant at the end of the interview in case there have been any misunderstandings, would you mind doing this".
They may still refuse in which case you'll have to consider whether to refer to the Assessment guide or not.
Best of luck
Gordon
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