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8 years 3 weeks ago #155533 by scramwag
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Hi Shelam
When I get the date of the home visit, I think I will give the contractor a
ring just to ask if the HCP could read up a bit about this. On another note, what do you think of the latest news confirming the fragility of all private assessors' future in this area? I in particular, if they all now believe that their jobs are under threat, what do you think the impact will be on the quality of their remaining assessments, more or less 'compassionate?'. The whole system is just too subjective and job uncertainty wil only add to this.
When I get the date of the home visit, I think I will give the contractor a
ring just to ask if the HCP could read up a bit about this. On another note, what do you think of the latest news confirming the fragility of all private assessors' future in this area? I in particular, if they all now believe that their jobs are under threat, what do you think the impact will be on the quality of their remaining assessments, more or less 'compassionate?'. The whole system is just too subjective and job uncertainty wil only add to this.
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8 years 3 weeks ago #155535 by scramwag
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Hi Doris,
I agree and it seems absurd that lack of knowledge on their part should have the financial impact to the extent that it does. It's completely unrealistic for them to pretend that it doesn't matter just what the diseases/disability is - if someone had a verruca and claimed on their form that this meant they were completely paralysed throughout their body, had to stay in bed all day and be fitted with a feeding tube, the assessor would be right to conclude that that claimant was over-egging it a bit. It 's vital that HCPs see knowledge of the conditions that they have to pronounce on as part of their job spec.
I agree and it seems absurd that lack of knowledge on their part should have the financial impact to the extent that it does. It's completely unrealistic for them to pretend that it doesn't matter just what the diseases/disability is - if someone had a verruca and claimed on their form that this meant they were completely paralysed throughout their body, had to stay in bed all day and be fitted with a feeding tube, the assessor would be right to conclude that that claimant was over-egging it a bit. It 's vital that HCPs see knowledge of the conditions that they have to pronounce on as part of their job spec.
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8 years 3 weeks ago #155548 by Gordon
I wouldn't pay too much attention to what are only rumours at this time, it's really not as simple as just getting rid of the Assessment Providers.
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scramwag wrote: Hi Shelam
When I get the date of the home visit, I think I will give the contractor a
ring just to ask if the HCP could read up a bit about this. On another note, what do you think of the latest news confirming the fragility of all private assessors' future in this area? I in particular, if they all now believe that their jobs are under threat, what do you think the impact will be on the quality of their remaining assessments, more or less 'compassionate?'. The whole system is just too subjective and job uncertainty wil only add to this.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to what are only rumours at this time, it's really not as simple as just getting rid of the Assessment Providers.
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8 years 3 weeks ago #155549 by Gordon
Whilst I don't disagree with the comments in this topic the position of the DWP and the Tribunal Service is that assessors receive the training they need to be able to carry out an effective disability assessment.
That's not to say that this can be disproved on an individual basis, but it does require the claimant to show specific examples from the assessment report where assumptions have been made of capability, which would not have been made by someone with a more detailed knowledge of the claimants conditions.
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scramwag wrote: Hi Doris,
I agree and it seems absurd that lack of knowledge on their part should have the financial impact to the extent that it does. It's completely unrealistic for them to pretend that it doesn't matter just what the diseases/disability is - if someone had a verruca and claimed on their form that this meant they were completely paralysed throughout their body, had to stay in bed all day and be fitted with a feeding tube, the assessor would be right to conclude that that claimant was over-egging it a bit. It 's vital that HCPs see knowledge of the conditions that they have to pronounce on as part of their job spec.
Whilst I don't disagree with the comments in this topic the position of the DWP and the Tribunal Service is that assessors receive the training they need to be able to carry out an effective disability assessment.
That's not to say that this can be disproved on an individual basis, but it does require the claimant to show specific examples from the assessment report where assumptions have been made of capability, which would not have been made by someone with a more detailed knowledge of the claimants conditions.
Gordon
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