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7 years 9 months ago #176373 by Tracy
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I have a P.I.P assessment on Tuesday 13th with Atos. I'm have told them I want to record it. I read on the Atos website you have to sign an agreement about taping the assessment. I'm wondering what the agreement says and if it will still be worth recording the assessment if I have to sign away any use of the tape. I would appreciate any other advice to help me through the assessment please. My disability is phocomelia (under development of all limbs) which also means I'm only 4 ft tall. I have a left leg prosthesis. Even though I have severe disability and am on DLA high rate mobility, middle rate care I am very independent and I'm worried this will go against me.
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7 years 9 months ago #176374 by Gordon
You need written permission in advance to record a PIP assessment, it may now be to late for this to be given for the current appointment. If this was your first appointment then it should be OK to re-arrange for a later date where it can be recorded, however, if it is a second appointment then you should only re-arrange if ATOS offer you the opportunity or you risk your claim being closed for refusing to attend,
To record your assessment you will need to provide to recording devices capable of recording directly to tape cassette or CD, digital recordings are not allowed.
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Tracy wrote: I have a P.I.P assessment on Tuesday 13th with Atos. I'm have told them I want to record it. I read on the Atos website you have to sign an agreement about taping the assessment. I'm wondering what the agreement says and if it will still be worth recording the assessment if I have to sign away any use of the tape. I would appreciate any other advice to help me through the assessment please. My disability is phocomelia (under development of all limbs) which also means I'm only 4 ft tall. I have a left leg prosthesis. Even though I have severe disability and am on DLA high rate mobility, middle rate care I am very independent and I'm worried this will go against me.
You need written permission in advance to record a PIP assessment, it may now be to late for this to be given for the current appointment. If this was your first appointment then it should be OK to re-arrange for a later date where it can be recorded, however, if it is a second appointment then you should only re-arrange if ATOS offer you the opportunity or you risk your claim being closed for refusing to attend,
To record your assessment you will need to provide to recording devices capable of recording directly to tape cassette or CD, digital recordings are not allowed.
Gordon
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7 years 9 months ago #176376 by Tracy
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I was told they were emailing the relevant people that I wanted to record the assessment and they would call me if that was a problem and if I didn't hear from them it would be ok.
I have 2 small Walkman tape recorders thank you.
I have 2 small Walkman tape recorders thank you.
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7 years 9 months ago #176383 by Tracy
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I've just phoned Atos to check they know I want to record and they said yes that's fine and asked if I have the right equipment and said I would just need to sign to say I would leave a copy for them. They said they would put a note to say I phoned today. So hopefully that will be sufficient but for anyone else I would say getting it in writing is a good idea if there's time, but they don't tell you that you need to.
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