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RichardCoulter · 14-02-2018, 17:54

After someone with an amputation was asked when it was expected to grow back again, today's Victoria Derbyshire programme reported that someone with Downs Syndrome was asked how they caught it!

An assessor was also interviewed who resigned after two weeks because she passed someone with learning difficulties and was overruled by an auditor who had never met the person, even though the individual had been to a special school etc. Included in her claims was the fact that reports are frequently compiled by copy/pasting word documents!

This assessor was a trained nurse who said that she was only given for weeks training for the post. As well as resigning, she has also reported the matter to her professional body.

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RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,067	Re: Worrying news for ESA claimants converting from DLA to PIP. After someone with an amputation was asked when it was expected to grow back again, today's Victoria Derbyshire programme reported that someone with Downs Syndrome was asked how they caught it! An assessor was also interviewed who resigned after two weeks because she passed someone with learning difficulties and was overruled by an auditor who had never met the person, even though the individual had been to a special school etc. Included in her claims was the fact that reports are frequently compiled by copy/pasting word documents! This assessor was a trained nurse who said that she was only given for weeks training for the post. As well as resigning, she has also reported the matter to her professional body.