IMPORTANT: People Who Have Answered Calls From This Number Have Lost Their Benefits

what is more concerning is that anyone can be making that call, you have no way of knowing what there qualifications are, the medical face to face are bad enough and how many of them are done correctly, now they seem to think a phone exercise works, they be trying video conferencing with skype next and how are they going to do there anxiety test, they base that on rocking back and fourth on a chair, which is not really a test for anxiety anyway, this sounds like another exercise where there trying to do as many assessments as possible for financial gain, i wonder if it is a call centre type operation as that is what the assessment process is beginning to remind me of, I stated at the outset they need outside regulation of the process and that includes the disciplinary side which is very biased towards the assessors and to be honest when they are caught doing something wrong, do you believe that anything is done,they might get suspended or sacked, has anyone heard of the actual company reporting any of there staff to the hcp or nmc, check the hearings list on either of there websites, there is very rarely a wca assessor case, plenty where trusts have referred a professional for wrongdoing but none for any of the companies concerned does that tell you a story

I have just rang that number annd it does NOT exist

The real issue is whether or not it is a call centre, you should be carefull about accepting these calls and answering the questions without seeking advice and in the case of someone with limited capabilty they should not even be attempting to contact at all, firstly you don’t know there qualifications, secondly in there own medical letters they state that you should be accompanied,if you also stated that you were recording the conversation, i would guess the conversation would end quickly, thirdly in terms of vunerable adults there is the question of ethics and legality of this, considering that one of there own nurses has just been struck of for doing phone in medicals when they should have been face to face, this proves that there is a issue with this, lastly ti would be prudent to remind anyone calling to do a phone assessment that you do not consent to this and that they should follow there own rule book and arrange a medical at a approved assessment centre with a approved wca assessor and that if you cannot attend a assessment due to disability or condition they should arrange one as a home assessment, allowing suitable time for representation etc and as neil Vaughan states, this would probably not go to well at a tribunal as by law most of this type of assessment compared to state ie altzeimer’s would have been inadmissable evidence