Ridiculous Atos HCP comments

[sheppeyescapee]

Sure!

[Ldyalb]

I also had 'How long have you had Hypermobility Syndrome for?'. She also asked me how long I'd had Dyspraxia for as well which is equally a stupid question.

But the best bit? At the end of the medical:

'Ok I need to check if you have a pulse now'

I'd been talking to her for 20 mins - I didn't drop dead at any point. Of course I had a pulse!!!

Amazingly I actually passed the medical and am in the WRAG. Still waiting on the DLA decision!

[trekster]

good luck with the DLA application.

[zornna]

finaly got my report back so here's some more ridiculous comments

her hands and fingers can lock and grip can be affected as part of her condition. Overall she is unlikely to have any signifficant functional problems picking up and moving things

goes to the local shops alone, but is always accompanied, due to fear of falling and struggling and being left

can manage to cook, but aviods the use of hot pans due to problems with locking fingers

[roseyglow]

and these are the "Professionals" that make decisions that can ruin lives

Seems so very wrong, am dreading applying.

[barkingmad]

Oh my goodness.

We didnt have room in this newsletter but perhaps Hannah should use the best in a booklet with stickman pictures!

Like the others said ' These are health professionals!' I would have died if I had written some of the stuff on this thread!

[shen]

This isn't about me, but i do want to share what the ATOS wrote on my friends report.

He is an amputee and they wrote

'has no probelms using busses ..... when he gets on a bus, in order to remain comfortable, he has to take his stump off'

[sheppeyescapee]

Lol

[star gazer]

it really beggars belief. I'm sure a book of ridiculous coments could be written!

[suew]

when did I get Hypermobility syndrome ? cant remember when I caught it may have been at primary school !!!
no mobility issues - no muscle wastage , doc didnt mention severe calcaneal deviation at all or swelling so big couldnt do shoes up !
normal stairs - umm no live in a cottage with stairs so narrow and steep they dont comply with building regs, havent been up them for ages.
descibe a normal day - he replied that I said I dont go to work .....
needless to say I am challenging these points and more , including the fact that my name wasn't written on any pages of the report except the front , Im sure it wasn't even my report he sent in as I surely didnt recognise the person he was talking about.

[mazza111]

Aww come on guys at least they mentioned your wobby bits in the report, even if they didn't quite get it

Which Stacey, no examination of knees and no mention of any hypermobile bits in the report.

She goes to the pub regularly <--- don't think she's been in a pub for about 2 years

She wore make up and had a clear complection --- errr, she wore no make up and was admitted to hospital soon after the medical for psoriasis treatment as she was covered from head to toe in it.

I'm looking forward to reading the reports on the wobbly bits if/when she gets the next medical

[suew]

this one not directly from Atos but from complaints dept at disability and carers service , in reply to my complaint letter about reusal of dla and atos report

'the DM does not dispute that you have medical conditions that restrict you,however the available evidence does not demonstrate that your needs are severe enough to meet entitlement criteria'
hmmm so im ill but not quite ill enough! it seems not being able to walk isnt such a big deal after all !!

[sirenmoonbee]

Due for my third assessment soon, I truly wonder what gems they will come up with next. This time i will be going in with a right femur that has been broken and rotated and fixed with plates and screws. Ave recovery is 18mths not a bendy though this can be much much longer as my bones never heal in the correct time frame.

[cracker]

:shock:

and these are the "Professionals" that make decisions that can ruin lives

Seems so very wrong, am dreading applying.

i agree with you hun. they can ruin lives & knock peoples conifedence.
some of the things they come out with is unbleliveable.
i dread it when i get the dreaded brown envalope land on my doormat