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3 years 4 months ago #265424 by Ultravox
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Interesting article about Specialist Assessors for various conditions, but why won't the DWP implement such a common sense approach?

www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/dwp-wrong-disa...-of-the-working-day/

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3 years 4 months ago #265429 by BIS
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Hi Rob

In answer to your question, I don't think there's a chance the DWP will implement such a system simply because of the lack of suitable assessors countrywide, the increased costs such a system would incur and the time that it would take to arrange and process.

I'm not saying it isn't a valid idea - it is and as you say it is a common-sense approach - but unfortunately that is rarely taken into account when making such decisions.

BIS

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3 years 4 months ago #265445 by Ultravox
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Hi Bis,
Agree totally with you, but perhaps Claimants should be able to have the opinion of a Specialist Assessor as support if the claim gets to Tribunal stage. But as you say common sense is rarely used.
Kind Regards,
Rob.

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3 years 4 months ago #265453 by ThisGovernmentsGoneToFar
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Rob. The DWP won't ever do anything to give advantage to disabled claimants. We know this would make common but the DWP lack it.

I was formely known as (GoingOffMyHeadWithThisGovernment) Won PIP November 2017 ongoing award HR both. Now kept and got my ESA Support group but took a while.
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