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Originally Posted by Mr K
After only having had a few weeks training? How about a properly qualified Dr. doing the assessments, after having had several years training in the disability being assessed? False economy from the DWP.
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We don’t have enough doctors to do their day jobs at the moment - anyway, it was retired GPs who used to do the assessments, not specialist medics (my wife used to work with them).
Of the claims that have had assessments, 82% of new claims and 88% of reassessment claims were recorded as having one of the following most common disabling conditions: psychiatric disorders (which includes mixed anxiety and depressive disorders), musculoskeletal disease (general or regional), neurological disease, respiratory disease.
Not sure if it’s feasible to give assessors several years training in such wide and diverse areas?
The biggest challenge the assessors face is they are not given time between assessments to fully complete the paperwork (or electronic version thereof), which leads to confusion and mixup on evidence given and those being assessed.