I read with interest the latest Upper Tribunal judgement.
I'd like to put a wager with the panel that, at least initially, this will only have an effect at the appeal stage - and DWP will not change its assessments in this area earlier.
I have proof because today I received a copy of a Supplementary Advice Note that ATOS sent back to DWP after I had sent in my MR request. I saw two more lies....sorry, gross misunderstandings, and now, the comment about planning and following journeys rule: that it is well established......I don't think the judgement has filtered down.
A more general point about the guff ATOS give out that DWP make the final decisions and know all about the points system and how to apply it. This note I have received a copy of changes many points previoysky awarded as well as the award period. I'm convinced that the only way to get these HCPs to behave..as it were...is to always record assessments. They cannot otherwise be trusted.
So how come the DWP had to go back? Why couldn't it decide on the papers already sent, and my MR papers?
I can only assume that the Decision Maker felt that the recommendations made in the assessment report were not consistent with the information available.
Gordon
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