UPDATED: The Contact between ATOS and the DWP for medical conditions and assessment
THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS LAW. THIS IS PART OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and ATOS Healthcare.
Want to know if you will be called for a medical following recent application. (Remember this will change with the introduction of PIP) Here is a list of illnesses/disabilities and how they judge whether to send you for a medical et during an application for ESA DLA AA benefit applications.
The medical categories and medical conditions taken from the Contract between the DWP and Atos are listed here.
[updated: please visit this link : http://www.whywaitforever.com/dwpatoscontract.html < for the whole contract between the DWP and ATOS ]
[updated: for further information, please visit this link > http://dwpexamination.org/forum/useful-templates/which-illness-should-and-should-not-attend-atos-medical/ ]
===== Excerpts from the DWP / ATOS contract =====
1. Unsuitable for calling to a Medical Examination Centre.
Age >75 years
Age <12 years
Both Blind and Deaf, Registered Blind (needs to be seen in own environment), Cases accepted under the Special Rules defining Terminal illness, Alzheimers, Amputation of both legs, Asperger's, Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Dementia, Hemiplegia, Huntingdon's Chorea, Korsakoffs Psychosis, Macmillan Nurse attending, Motor Neurone Disease, On oxygen, Paraplegia, Quadraplegia, Renal Dialysis, Severe Mental Impairment, Severe Learning Difficulty, Spastic Diplegia, Tetraplegia, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Unstable Angina, Wernicke's Encephalopathy
2. Reference to Medical Advisor required for advice.
AIDS, Astrocytoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, Brittle Bone Disease, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Dermatomyositis, Glioma, Guillane-Barre Syndrome, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Leukaemia, Liver Failure, Mental Retardation, Mental Subnormality, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Non Hodgkin's Lmphoma, On Morphine / MST, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's Disease, Poliomyelitis, Polymyasitis, Registered partially sighted, Respiratory Failure, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, SLE, Spinal Injury, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Scleroderma, 5evere Depression, Thallassaemia
3. Tentatively invite to Medical Examination Centre.
Agoraphobia (offer taxi), Anorexia Nervosa, Ataxia, Bipalar Affective Disorder / Bipolar Disease Manic Depression, Burns, Cardiomyopathy, Cerebrovascular Accident / CVA, Cerebrovascular Disease, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crohn's Disease, Diabetic Neuropathy, Eating Disorder, Fibromyalgia, Haemopphilia, Heart Transplant, Hemiparesis, Learning Difficulties, Leg Ulcers, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / ME, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Peripheral Neuropathy, Phobic Anxiety, Sickle Cell Anaemia, Social Phobia, Spina Bifida, Stroke, Subarachnoid Haemorrage / SAH, Ulcerative Colitis, Varicose Ulcers
4. Invite to Medical Examination Centre.
Alcohol Dependence, Anaemia, Angina, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Anxiety, Arrythmia, Asthma, Atrial Fibrillation, Back Pain, Bronchiectasis, Bulimia Nervosa, Cardiac Arrythmia, Cervical Spondylosis, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Depression, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diverticular Disease, Diverticulitis, Dizziness, Down's Syndrome, Drug Dependence, Eczema, Endometriosis, Epilepsy, Hearing Impairment, Hernia, HIV, Hypertension, Hyperthyroidism, Hypathyroidism, Hysterectomy, Incontinence, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome / IBS, Joint Pain, Kyphosis, Kyphoscoliosis, Labyrinthitis, Liver Transplant, Lumbar Spondylosis, Meniere's Disease, Migraine, Myasthenia Gravis, Neck Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Overactive Thyroid, Panic Attacks, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Personality Disorder, Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc, Psoriasis, "Registered Alcoholic", Renal Transplant, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Scoliosis, Slipped Disc, Underactive Thyroid, Valvular Heart Disease, Varicose Veins, Visual Impairment
5. Any other Diagnosis.
Not listed above should be referred to a Medical Adviser for advice and assessment.
So what to do. Find your symptoms above, and see if you are or are not required to have a medical assessment carried out by ATOS.
Remember, this has been taken from the contact between the DWP and ATOS, so there for it's LAW.
So if the either the DWP or ATOS has broken the LAW, please let your GP and Consultant know about it, and also go talk to a local lawyer who just might bend their ear towards your direction.. (there's also quite a few GPs and Lawyers on Twitter who are against ATOS anyway.. just a hint!)
Want to know if you will be called for a medical following recent application. (Remember this will change with the introduction of PIP) Here is a list of illnesses/disabilities and how they judge whether to send you for a medical et during an application for ESA DLA AA benefit applications.
The medical categories and medical conditions taken from the Contract between the DWP and Atos are listed here.
[updated: please visit this link : http://www.whywaitforever.com/dwpatoscontract.html < for the whole contract between the DWP and ATOS ]
[updated: for further information, please visit this link > http://dwpexamination.org/forum/useful-templates/which-illness-should-and-should-not-attend-atos-medical/ ]
===== Excerpts from the DWP / ATOS contract =====
1. Unsuitable for calling to a Medical Examination Centre.
Age >75 years
Age <12 years
Both Blind and Deaf, Registered Blind (needs to be seen in own environment), Cases accepted under the Special Rules defining Terminal illness, Alzheimers, Amputation of both legs, Asperger's, Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Dementia, Hemiplegia, Huntingdon's Chorea, Korsakoffs Psychosis, Macmillan Nurse attending, Motor Neurone Disease, On oxygen, Paraplegia, Quadraplegia, Renal Dialysis, Severe Mental Impairment, Severe Learning Difficulty, Spastic Diplegia, Tetraplegia, Total Parenteral Nutrition, Unstable Angina, Wernicke's Encephalopathy
2. Reference to Medical Advisor required for advice.
AIDS, Astrocytoma, Bone Marrow Transplant, Brittle Bone Disease, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Dermatomyositis, Glioma, Guillane-Barre Syndrome, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Leukaemia, Liver Failure, Mental Retardation, Mental Subnormality, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Non Hodgkin's Lmphoma, On Morphine / MST, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Parkinson's Disease, Poliomyelitis, Polymyasitis, Registered partially sighted, Respiratory Failure, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, SLE, Spinal Injury, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Scleroderma, 5evere Depression, Thallassaemia
3. Tentatively invite to Medical Examination Centre.
Agoraphobia (offer taxi), Anorexia Nervosa, Ataxia, Bipalar Affective Disorder / Bipolar Disease Manic Depression, Burns, Cardiomyopathy, Cerebrovascular Accident / CVA, Cerebrovascular Disease, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crohn's Disease, Diabetic Neuropathy, Eating Disorder, Fibromyalgia, Haemopphilia, Heart Transplant, Hemiparesis, Learning Difficulties, Leg Ulcers, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / ME, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Peripheral Neuropathy, Phobic Anxiety, Sickle Cell Anaemia, Social Phobia, Spina Bifida, Stroke, Subarachnoid Haemorrage / SAH, Ulcerative Colitis, Varicose Ulcers
4. Invite to Medical Examination Centre.
Alcohol Dependence, Anaemia, Angina, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Anxiety, Arrythmia, Asthma, Atrial Fibrillation, Back Pain, Bronchiectasis, Bulimia Nervosa, Cardiac Arrythmia, Cervical Spondylosis, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Depression, Dermatitis, Diabetes, Diverticular Disease, Diverticulitis, Dizziness, Down's Syndrome, Drug Dependence, Eczema, Endometriosis, Epilepsy, Hearing Impairment, Hernia, HIV, Hypertension, Hyperthyroidism, Hypathyroidism, Hysterectomy, Incontinence, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome / IBS, Joint Pain, Kyphosis, Kyphoscoliosis, Labyrinthitis, Liver Transplant, Lumbar Spondylosis, Meniere's Disease, Migraine, Myasthenia Gravis, Neck Pain, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Overactive Thyroid, Panic Attacks, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Personality Disorder, Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc, Psoriasis, "Registered Alcoholic", Renal Transplant, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Scoliosis, Slipped Disc, Underactive Thyroid, Valvular Heart Disease, Varicose Veins, Visual Impairment
5. Any other Diagnosis.
Not listed above should be referred to a Medical Adviser for advice and assessment.
So what to do. Find your symptoms above, and see if you are or are not required to have a medical assessment carried out by ATOS.
Remember, this has been taken from the contact between the DWP and ATOS, so there for it's LAW.
So if the either the DWP or ATOS has broken the LAW, please let your GP and Consultant know about it, and also go talk to a local lawyer who just might bend their ear towards your direction.. (there's also quite a few GPs and Lawyers on Twitter who are against ATOS anyway.. just a hint!)
Applying for disability benefits have been difficult for most if not all. And I think this is due to the people not being informed enough about how the system works. Given that one's situation is different from the other, it would truly be helpful to seek the help of the right people, especially lawyers who can give light to your situation and can address your needs.
ReplyDeleteErminia Cavins
Many thanks for this informative blog. I have found it very helpful. I suffer from hemiplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and epilepsy and I am now unfit for work. I claim SDA, DLA and Income Support. I have not been asked to attend a medical assessment yet although I have been told that I will be expected to attend one by 2015. I think that this government have gone about this all the wrong way in penalising those of us in genuine need of extra support.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
John Haley.