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darlocab
                              

welfare benefits, darlington citizens advice bureau
Member since
03rd Mar 2009

ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !
Mon 10-Aug-09 04:11 PM

Starting to get a few ESA appeal hearings coming through now - so decided to resurect an old couple of para's I used to use when the commputer geneterated IB85''s first came out - with a few amendments of course

Any thoughts welcome

" Mr . . .now finds himself in “No Mans Land” neither fit for work (according to his specialists and GP, who know his conditions well and are treating him) or unfit for work (according to Registered Nurse . . . . , who has no knowledge of his conditions) and the LiMA programme - !

Should the tribunal be minded to accept the ESA85 report then we would suggest an adjournment for them to obtain details from the Secretary of State, of Registered Nurse Ms . . . area of specialism and training on assessing mental health (compatible to that of a Clinical Psychologist). Also details as to the clinical expertise and list of specialists and up-to-date knowledge that the LiMA programme is based on. We also request that copies of the case studies used to identify the accuracy of the reports and accepted margins of error in the assessments.

If the Secretary of State is to provide a report and portray this report as an accurate medical assessment, then he must provide the proof to justify this assertion, otherwise it can be no more than a computer game whose results are based on key words inputted by the examining Health Care Professional. -

  

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RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !, bensup, 11th Aug 2009, #1
RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !, johnwilson, 11th Aug 2009, #2
      RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !, John Birks, 12th Aug 2009, #3

bensup
                              

Benefits Supervisor, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Citizens Advice Bureau
Member since
24th May 2004

RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !
Tue 11-Aug-09 11:14 AM

"........otherwise it can be no more than a computer game whose results are based on key words inputted by the examining Health Care Professional".

Love it

  

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johnwilson
                              

Benefits and Appeals, Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service
Member since
06th Feb 2008

RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !
Tue 11-Aug-09 02:16 PM

"........otherwise it can be no more than a computer game whose results are based on key words inputted by the examining Health Care Professional".

Accurate, but I don't think putting it in those terms will win you many friends at the tribunal.

  

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John Birks
                              

Welfare Rights Officer, Stockport Advice
Member since
02nd Jun 2004

RE: ESA Appeal Hearings - food for thought !
Wed 12-Aug-09 12:14 PM

Cul-de-sac if you ask me.

  

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