Call for independent assessment of medical assessment interviews by Atos

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Thu, 09/07/2009 - 3:16pm

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Madeleine Moon (Bridgend, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State

for Work and Pensions if she will make an assessment of the merits of introducing mechanisms for the monitoring by independent assessors of doctors conducting medical assessment interviews for the work capability assessments of vulnerable claimants.

Jonathan R Shaw

(Minister of State (Disabled People), Regional Affairs; Chatham & Aylesford, Labour)

Robust mechanisms already exist to monitor the quality of the Work Capability Assessments. Monitoring is carried out by Atos Healthcare, the company which is contracted to provide medical services to the Department for Work and Pensions. The Department also carries out a range of quality checks independently.

So the provider of medical assessment and operator of IB50 claims monitors itself. The DWP does some by who knows what further checks. This is independent with no conflicts of interest? . Why not a separate body employed by the audit office to undertake such reviews?

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