Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for assessment providers - GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>"}
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The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the assessor to diagnose a condition and recommend treatment options. The focus is on ensuring Health Professionals are experts in disability analysis, focusing on the effects of health conditions and impairments on a claimant\u2019s daily life.<\/p>
<\/p>
All Health Professionals undertaking PIP assessments must be registered practitioners who have also met requirements around training and competence. They must be an occupational therapist, level 1 nurse, physiotherapist, paramedic or doctor and must also be fully registered and have at least 2 years post full-registration experience, although this can be waived in exceptional circumstances by the Department.<\/p>
<\/p>
All Health Professionals receive training on a wide range of conditions including autism as part of their initial new entrant training. This includes detailed modules covering all aspects of autism and learning disabilities, as well as simulated assessments to enable Health Professionals to understand how these conditions impacts on a person\u2019s ability to undertake the activities in the PIP assessment. This is followed by on-going professional training and support which continues for the duration of their employment in the role.<\/p>
<\/p>
Both Assessment Providers employ specialist practitioners who have clinical experience in either a mental health or learning disability role, who provide advice and support to Health Professionals on particular conditions including autism, and can be referred to at any point during the assessment process. In addition, the Assessment Providers engage with a range of stakeholders including the National Autistic Society, to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.<\/p>"}
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As set out in the recent Command Paper, Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability<\/em>, we believe people should get the support they need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that\u2019s from their employer, from the health system or from the welfare system.<\/p> <\/p>
\u201cThriving at work<\/em>\u201d, the independent review by Lord Stevenson and Paul Farmer, set out core and enhanced standards which employers should implement to ensure that their employees receive the right support to enable them to manage their mental health.<\/p> <\/p>
We also want to reform the Statutory Sick Pay system so that it supports more flexible working, to help people remain or return to work if they are unwell. We are taking forward further policy development and will bring forward a consultation on these changes, as well as any other SSP changes we identify in our wider work, before introducing this reform.<\/p>
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There is a range of support for employers to help them recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions, including Disability Confident and the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. We are also exploring how to shape, fund and deliver transformational change to provide effective occupational health services that can support all in work.<\/p>
This is all part of our drive to highlight to employers the need to recognise the business reasons for recruiting and retaining disabled people and people with health conditions, managing ill-health effectively and creating healthy work places.<\/p>"}
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Statistics on appeal outcomes for Fit for Work decisions in initial assessment by month of claim start are given in Table 3 of the quarterly official statistics bulletin, \u201cEmployment and Support Allowance: Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments, Great Britain\u201d, available at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
Whilst the statistics indicate an increasing trend in overturned decisions at appeal these need to be considered in the context of ESAWCA decisions as a whole:<\/p>
<\/p>
- between April 2014 and September 2017, 3.1 million ESA WCA decisions were made, of which 8 per cent were appealed and 4 per cent overturned at appeal; and<\/li><\/ul>
- the majority of decisions are overturned because of new or additional evidence provided to the tribunal, that has not previously be seen by a DWP decision maker. This could be new written evidence or the claimants oral evidence given at the hearing.<\/li><\/ul>
<\/p>
The Department has work in progress to drive continuous improvement: recruitment of 150 Presenting Officers for PIP and ESA, to represent DWP and provide valuable insight into why decisions are overturned; tests exploring how we can improve evidence gathering and quality of decision making; and a new quality strategy to ensure a joined up approach across all aspects of mandatory reconsideration, keeping the claimant at the heart of the process.<\/p>"}
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