Ask Atos Healthcare disability assessment questions

schrodie

Atos_Healthcare_company_representative wrote: »

Hi ebsay

Health care professionals undergo a rigorous recruitment process which ensures their standard of spoken and written English meets DWP requirements to undertake disability assessment. The work of all our HCPs is subject to continuous audit to ensure quality standards are met and maintained. The documenting of information is a key element of their training and if it is considered there are specific factual inaccuracies in a report we would be happy to investigate.

From JS it seems atos nurses have to work under rigorous conditions as well!!

HERE

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sicknotethefirst wrote: »

I asked this question directly to Atos and this is their reply...

Thank you for your email. I can confirm that all health care professional doctors will provide their GMC number on request. However if you are assessed by a Nurse, they are not obliged to provide their registration number, this is in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines. However you can request a Nurse's registration details via Customer Relations once the assessment has been completed.


with regards,

mine from a different atos rep

Dear ******

Thank you for your enquiry. After your assessment, if it is a doctor you can ask for their name and GMC registration number, if it is a Nurse, the Nursing and Midwifery Council ask them to provide their name and geographical location, if requested , but not their Registration number

regards


Customer Relations
Atos Healthcare

schrodie

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where did my last post go?

It seems the MSE censor has been censoring peoples' posts at the behest of the Atos Rep!

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Nobody from ATOS takes responsibilty for anything,they can't even put their name to a letter.

schrodie

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mine from a different atos rep

Dear ******

Thank you for your enquiry. After your assessment, if it is a doctor you can ask for their name and GMC registration number, if it is a Nurse, the Nursing and Midwifery Council ask them to provide their name and geographical location, if requested , but not their Registration number

regards


Customer Relations
Atos Healthcare

It's worrying the Atos "HCPs" don't even introduce themselves at the start of the assessment and it's up to the claimant to ask. Even then I very much doubt the "HCP" would give you the information they are supposed to provide.

It's very disconcerting that atos "nurses" are forbidden from divulging who they are and what their qualifications are.

sicknotethefirst

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where did my last post go?

What was it about ?

schrodie

sicknotethefirst wrote: »

What was it about ?

Just repost it and see how long it takes Atos to order MSE to censor it!

Torry_Quine

Raksha wrote: »

Does this mean if you are assessed during the period you are receiving contributions based ESA and put in the support group, you will continue to receive after the 365 days expires? Sorry to have to keep asking questions, my concentration is shot

Yes that's exactly what it means.

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sicknotethefirst wrote: »

What was it about ?

It was this below but i don't think i removed the senders name from atos,looks like they've removed the name in your post about the simmilar letter/email you got.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=59437709&postcount=1325

Dear ******

Thank you for your enquiry. After your assessment, if it is a doctor you can ask for their name and GMC registration number, if it is a Nurse, the Nursing and Midwifery Council ask them to provide their name and geographical location, if requested , but not their Registration number

regards

Customer Relations
Atos Healthcare

halight

News

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Atos Subcontracts Tests For New Disability Benefit To NHS

This article titled “Atos subcontracts tests for new disability benefit to NHS” was written by Ben Quinn, for The Guardian on Sunday 17th February 2013 20.08 UTC

http://welfarenewsservice.com/atos-subcontracts-tests-for-new-disability-benefit-to-nhs/