pip medical assessment

Hi i had my pip medical assessment and the assessor told me i had not had a stroke but a tia because she had disgussed this on the phone with her daughter who was a stroke nurse , is she allowed to disgcuss cases with her daughter ?

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As far as confidentiality is concerned, the nurse would have been within the rules as long as she did not reveal your name, address or any other identifying information.

However, whether it was ethical for her to discuss your case and give you a different diagnosis from the one your medics had given is another matter! My feeling is that she was totally outside her authority in doing this.

If you wish, you can complain to DWP, Maximus, Nurding and Midwifery Council and your MP (or any combination of these)! Or not, depending on how much energy you have to spare.

Contacting your MP

Complaining to the DWP

Contact Maximus Customer Relations

Contact Nursing and Midwifery Council

Now that you have had your face2face assessment, you should expect to wait around 8 weeks for a decision.

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