confused! who decides if you pass/fail?

I thought I read on here a few times that DWP Dm decides your fate, but I just read a facebook page and one of the members has just come on and said that she went to her medical and was was told there and then by ATOS that she is in the support group and there was no need for her to wait for the DWP to tell her. So my question is - does atos or dwp decide or is it more complicated than that!

DWP decide but they take the advice from ATOS It is said that the ATOS part will not be as important as it once was but it will always be important. The DWP make the decision, and so you should always make sure you provide all evidence helpful to you, and not let them free to rely ONLY on the ATOS report

mumsgirl wrote:

I thought I read on here a few times that DWP Dm decides your fate, but I just read a facebook page and one of the members has just come on and said that she went to her medical and was was told there and then by ATOS that she is in the support group and there was no need for her to wait for the DWP to tell her. So my question is - does atos or dwp decide or is it more complicated than that!

Yes the Atos H.C.P does make a recommendation on the assessment I.E. Support group WRG OR fit for work, that then goes to the DWP decision maker who then makes the decision when having looked at all the medical evidence avaliable.(in other words they just rubber stamp the HCP findings)