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Help with submission (DLA mental health/supervision)
Hi,
Trying to write a submission for someone with depression, anxiety and paranoid thinking. The DWP got evidence from GP (who confirmed above, but not much more) and from medical services. Nurse from medical services writes that if he needed watching over (i.e. continual supervision) day and night then he would be in hospital under section. It seems that the DWP have used this as a reason not to award MRC (currently gets LRC,LRM) as they have written in decision that he is ‘not at risk of neglect or self-harm’.
In actual fact client is in high support accomodation and also gets lots of ‘informal’ support from friends. Without which danger of neglect, self-harm, attempting suicide (all of which have happened in the past). Supporting letters from workers in accomodation to this effect.
I found decision R(A)2/91 which says wrong to assume doesn’t need continual supervision just because not in hospital. Does anyone know if there are any more recent decisions I can look at, or if in fact this decision has been superseeded (concious it is quite old!)...?