June amendments to the DWP A to Z of conditions

I'm sure many of us have read these pages in the past: www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-g...-medical-conditions/

I've just checked the individual pages for over a dozen different conditions and each one says "Amended June 2013" at the bottom. Does anybody know what the amendments are? Someone on another forum is saying that the pages for CFS and certain other neurological conditions used to say that a doctor was mandated to conduct the WCA, and that the DWP rule about doctors doing such assessments has just been scrapped, and that any HCP can now do them.

Is this true? I find it hard to believe. I've visited the A to Z many times and never noticed it. I would have thought that if the A to Z had ever addressed the question of assessments by doctors there would be lots of mentions of it on the internet. But I've searched high and low and found nothing.

Thanks Gordon. Are these the lists you're referring to? I've copied them from this blog page: kittysjones.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/wha...ut-atos-assessments/ I have asked the blogger for her source and am waiting for a reply. I have also emailed ATOS customer services asking them to confirm the second list. I'm not expecting a useful reply!


List of conditions judged suitable for assessment by neuro trained nurses/any health care profession:
Prolapsed intervertebral disc
Lumbar nerve root compression
Sciatica
Slipped disc
Lumbar spondylosis
Lumbar spondylolisthesis
Lumbar spondylolysis
Cauda equina syndrome
Spinal stenosis
Peripheral neuropathy
Neuropathy
Drop foot
Meralgia paraesthetica
Cervical spondylosis
Cervical nerve root compression
Cervicalgia
Nerve entrapment syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Trapped nerve
Paraesthesia
Tingling
Numbness
Brachial plexus injury
Polyneuropathy
Dizziness
Vertigo
Essential Tremor
VWF
Alzheimer’s

List of conditions judged by the DWP and Atos Healthcare as suitable only for assessment by doctors:
Stroke
Head injury with neuro sequelaeBrain haemorrhage
Sub Arachnoid Haemorrhage
Brain tumour
Acoustic Neuroma
Multiple Sclerosis
Motor Neurone Disease
Parkinson’s disease
TIAs
Bulbar Palsy
Myasthenia Gravis
Muscular Dystrophy
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Syringomyelia
Neurofibromatosis
Spina bifida
Polio
Fits (secondary to brain tumour)
Learning difficulties (with physical problems)
Nystagmus Myelitis
Bells Palsy
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
Huntington’s Chorea
Huntington’s Disease

Thanks Gordon. Are these the lists you're referring to? I've copied them from this blog page: kittysjones.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/wha...ut-atos-assessments/ I have asked the blogger for her source and am waiting for a reply. I have also emailed ATOS customer services asking them to confirm the second list. I'm not expecting a useful reply! [/unquote]

It is impossible for moderators to give advice on individual conditions that are listed in the A-Z of medical conditions, since the DWP do not inform us of any changes.

I really don't think we can add any further advice to that that has been given by moderators, especially Gordon.

I suggest that this thread is locked, but I'll leave the final decision to Gordon.

The current A-Z of medical conditions on the DWP site HERE shows it was last amended in October 2012. Also, the kitty jones link you provided does not work ?