ESA HCP do you have the right to know who they are?

sparkycat2

I am slowly reading the Decision makers guide on ESA.
Came across.

42393 In the main, medical reports will be completed electronically. There is no requirment for the report to be signed by the examining HCP. However the report must identify the status of the HCP, i.e. wheter he/she is a doctor or a registered nurse.

So I was wandering do they have to tell you who they are at the assessment? If the report is wrong and someone wants to make a complaint to their proffesional body, do they have the right to know who the HCP was?

Muttleythefrog

Oh I think maybe you're reading too much into what you highlight in bold? The HCP's are probably expected to tell you who they are but the report they generate surely will contain their details...as it is all computer based then handwritten signatures are not going to feature.

So without reference to the law I'd say with confidence that yes you're entitled to know the basic details of someone who is examining you as a healthcare professional. It would be a major surprise to me if there was any legislation that in normal circumstances enabled anonymity of a HCP when conducting an examination of a patient.

What I assumed your thread might be about is the issue I encountered. I made a FOI request in advance on my medical in 2009... to release details of the HCP who'd examine me... eventually I was given the details... name and profession... unfortunately I think I was just fobbed off with any old information... the HCP was compeltely different on the day and I understand HCPs are allocated in conveyor belt type fashion to claims rather than other way around. If so then that is concerning because it means that one cannot verify in advance that the person who is going to examine you is actually qualified to do so. I note that in some cases claimants have been rejected by the HCP when attending for medical... on the grounds that HCP decided they were not qualified... and most alarming of all I've seen reports of that event occurring after the start of the medical indicating that evidence was not read in advance of the medical... meaning that procedure for WCA was breached and a potential assault occurred.

But back on point. I'd just refr to the medical report for the name and profession. From the profession then complaints can be targetted.