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ESA Medical ATOS

Hi Everyone,

I had my ATOS Medical yesterday, it was a "nurse" that i saw, he took my blood pressure, is that a normal procedure?
last time in 2010 i had a medical and i never had my blood pressure taken.
he said my blood pressure was up (probably due to anxiety)

Comments

  • VitaK
    VitaK Posts: 651 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    My wife had her blood preasure taken yesterday at her medical too. He also performed an eyesight test.
  • cit_k
    cit_k Posts: 24,812 Forumite
    Its up to the assessor if they take your BP, some will, some wont.

    I think they like to pretend they are really doing something medical, and thats about the limit of what they are allowed to do...
    [greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
    [/greenhighlight][redtitle]
    The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
    and we should be deeply worried about that
    [/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)
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