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pip medical assessment
7 years 10 months ago - 7 years 10 months ago #161495 by slugsta
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As far as confidentiality is concerned, the nurse would have been within the rules as long as she did not reveal your name, address or any other identifying information.
However, whether it was ethical for her to discuss your case and give you a different diagnosis from the one your medics had given is another matter! My feeling is that she was totally outside her authority in doing this.
If you wish, you can complain to DWP, Maximus, Nurding and Midwifery Council and your MP (or any combination of these)! Or not, depending on how much energy you have to spare.
Contacting your MP
Complaining to the DWP
Contact Maximus Customer Relations
Contact Nursing and Midwifery Council
Now that you have had your face2face assessment, you should expect to wait around 8 weeks for a decision.
You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your PIP without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
Welcome to Benefits and Work
In case you are not aware, your real name appears to be showing in the forum, if you want to change this then follow the instructions in the following FAQ
My full name is showing, how can I stop it?
As far as confidentiality is concerned, the nurse would have been within the rules as long as she did not reveal your name, address or any other identifying information.
However, whether it was ethical for her to discuss your case and give you a different diagnosis from the one your medics had given is another matter! My feeling is that she was totally outside her authority in doing this.
If you wish, you can complain to DWP, Maximus, Nurding and Midwifery Council and your MP (or any combination of these)! Or not, depending on how much energy you have to spare.
Contacting your MP
Complaining to the DWP
Contact Maximus Customer Relations
Contact Nursing and Midwifery Council
Now that you have had your face2face assessment, you should expect to wait around 8 weeks for a decision.
You might want to bookmark/favourite this on your web browser now so that you can find it easily in future. This will allow you to return with further questions/comments about your PIP without having to start a new topic each time. It helps us enormously when everything relating to the same claim is kept in one place - and I hope you will find it useful too
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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