PIP ATOS (IAS) Health condition descriptions
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Waylay
Community member, Scope Member Posts: 973 Pioneering
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has a recent copy of the paperwork that IAS (ATOS) Health Professionals are given for disabilities/health conditions (probably when they're training)? As far as I can tell, they have no training in chronic pain, which is shocking. I'm looking for chronic low back pain, sciatica, depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder.
Ty!
Ty!
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Waylay said:Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has a recent copy of the paperwork that IAS (ATOS) Health Professionals are given for disabilities/health conditions (probably when they're training)? As far as I can tell, they have no training in chronic pain, which is shocking. I'm looking for chronic low back pain, sciatica, depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder.
Ty!
They are not there to diagnose nor are they there to interpret.
They have some basic health qualification and that's all they need.
The computer asks the questions and they just tick the box that best describes what they think. The result is their opinion which to be honest is not related to any medical or health related issue.
An IT engineer could do the assessment.
Having some health education just helps sometimes.
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Because chronic pain is a syndrome, and involves a lot more than pain. My assessor clearly disbelieved me when I told him that it causes fatigue and a bunch of other things.
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Waylay said:Because chronic pain is a syndrome, and involves a lot more than pain. My assessor clearly disbelieved me when I told him that it causes fatigue and a bunch of other things.
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@Yadnad *rolls eyes* My God, that's insane.
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