Does ATOS still do the medical assessments in N ireland. 21 August 2015 at 11:50AM edited 21 September 2015 at 6:07PM in N. Ireland 8 replies 1.9K views

johnsmi

Hi,

Just wondering if ATOS are still doing the assessments in N Ireland (Belfast Centre) as I can get nothing from the Medical support Services. They don't seem to know if Atos are involved and only will say that its Medical Support Service that are doing the assessments.


Thanks
John

donnac2558

I believe they are, I remember reading when they walked out of their contract on mainland UK. Here they still operated. Now this was last year so I might be wrong.

Cherryscone

I didn't think that Atos ever did the Work Capability Assessment here in NI it was undertaken by approved healthcare professionals I recall a family member getting seen by his Retired Gp who of course could not do the Assessment .(again I may be mistaken )

elliemoo

Yes Atos are still carrying out the assessments in NI.

johnsmi

Thank you for replies.

Does seem a little strange that we hear all this talk about welfare and things not being fair, yet at the same time the company that got so much bad press in England is allowed to carry one doing the tests here.

Just wondering if its a good idea or not to request to get the assessment recorded?

John

donnac2558

I believe they were getting constant death threats on the mainland, which helped them decide to pull out. They pulled out they were not sacked.

Cherryscone

johnsmi wrote: »

Thank you for replies.

Does seem a little strange that we hear all this talk about welfare and things not being fair, yet at the same time the company that got so much bad press in England is allowed to carry one doing the tests here.

Just wondering if its a good idea or not to request to get the assessment recorded?

John

http://www.lawcentreni.org/EoR/benefits-and-tax-credits/employment-and-support-allowance.html

Have a look Here John might answer some of your questions

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minty777

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34074557