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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
GP sicknotes will "work for the duration" as long as the outcome of the Atos administered alogrithm and the ESA decision maker do not combine to score an individual below the threshold of the required 15 points.
At the appeal stage appellants are contesting the decision, not a perceived diagnosis of their medical condition. Hence there is no medical intervention beyond "reasoning" at the appeal stage.
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You contradicted yourself there, you basically said GP notes work but then said it requires the user to be assessed by atos as unfit for work. Sometimes an ESA DM can reward the points without an atos assessment but I have never seen that happen on GP evidence alone and without any previous atos medicals. Usually would need strong evidence from a consultant or higher and even then its rare. I have seen GP evidence be enough on renewals but not without at least 1 atos medical before hand.
At the appeal stage there should be a doctor present at the hearing to assess medical evidence. Since after all the claimant is contesting the medical assessment (points scored).
So a claimant can carry on sending GP notes however if atos disagree with the GP then the benefit will be withdrawn, after a certian point GP notes are not enough alone.