PIP assessment. Medical examiner

This may be of interest to some. Not sure if it has been discussed before. I have had PIP application turned down. I am going to appeal. I felt the medical assessment was very superficial & there was virtually no physical examination involved. On reading the medical report many of the statements made by the medical examiner were false. The medical examiner was described as "nurse". I decided to check her registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. I have discovered that she is a Learning Disabilty nurse with no further qualifications. I am at a loss to know how she is qualified to perform a physical assessment on someone with rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, spinal fusion & calcified shoulder tendons.

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I'm sorry that you are going through this Please make good use of our resources to help with your appeal (have you had a Mandatory Reconsideration yet?).

PIP help for claimants

We warn our members not to expect anything that looks like a 'medical' at the face2face appointment. We would not expect there to be anything much in the way of a physical examination.

As to the fact that your assessor was a Learning Disability nurse, the DWP take the stance that all assessors are HealthCare Practitioners who have undertaken training to be disability assessors, no matter what their professional designation.

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