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Originally Posted by nomadking
As I said, if somebody is that disabled etc, they will have had contact with consultants. GPs are NOT expert in all(if any) medical areas. They tend to refer patients on to consultants as they don't have the required expertise. The DWP are not simply going to take a generalised pronouncement from a GP as absolute proof. The DWP asked for evidence and the parents couldn't be bothered to provide it. The DWP obviously thought that there was more evidence that could be easily provided or they would have simply passed the buck onto ATOS to do an assessment. It looks like they were trying to avoid the need for that. Doesn't that show that they were trying to respect the claimants claimed disabilities by not putting them through an assessment?
It's not as if parents don't lie about their children.
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Yes and it's people like them who make life so much harder (as if it isn't hard enough already) for genuine disabled people, their parents and carers.
We may be fortunate (if you can call it that), but we have copious evidence from various medical professionals which sets out our youngest's problems and limitations so won't find it either awkward or unreasonable if at some point it's requested by one agency or another. What I don't understand is why these parents found the request for more information so difficult. Maybe they were just tired of all the stress and grief being a carer can entail.
As had been pointed out above, carers do save the nation a fortune and IMHO deserve a bit more support than they currently get. It would actually save money if more people could afford to act as carers but as things stand doing this often involves an intolerable loss of income and a severe setback in terms of their long term employment prospects and even personal relationships.