Who had a Registered Nurse do their medical assessment for ESA?

[Ljames72]

(My assessment was carried out by a Registered Nurse, not a Doctor, yes a Nurse)

[hugosmum70]

thats not unusual now.unfortunately.

[Ljames72 in reply to hugosmum70]

i know i think it should be a dr at least like DLA do, and to be honest someone who understands a little about fibro not someone who has no clue and doesnt understand, but then the governments plans to get us off benefits would fail

[hugosmum70]

well take heart, Scotland has got ATOS to stand down in favour of the nhs doing the assessments there. by sounds of things. hopefully ATOS here will go too. tho i gather they are still going to be at the helm. but if drs and nurses at the nhs have any thought for their patients at all surely we will get a better and fairer assessment if that happens here too.

time will tell in Scotland eh?

[Hidden]

my friends a registered nurse and she has admitted she doesnt no much about fybro or m.e.

and i was seen by a nurse who made a load of lies about me and it got over turned in my appeal.

im ready for the next one. im gonna turn up scraggy,rocking and and dirty see where that gets me...

if we are clean we are fit for work okay?x

[Ljames72 in reply to Hidden]

yes i found that although to me i was in scruffs, clothes I wouldnt wear outside the house, I noticed they took this into account although to me it shouldnt matter especially when someone helps you get dressed x

[Hidden in reply to Ljames72]

she said i carried my handbag,looked neat and tidy,looked well doh i look like a vampire as sucked all blook from me,i have deep dark circles round eyes and a i look like ive aged 10 years.

my fella helps me but she still told lies...x

[fibro]

i Insisted that i saw a doctor, but luckily they had already flagged my papers up to be seen by one. When you have several conditions only a doctor could make any proper decisions, unless they are these nurse practitioners like you get in some surgeries where they are allowed to prescribe drugs for certain conditions.

I wonder if anyone has yet dared to ask any of the TOS medical staff to see their qualifications yet!!! that could cause a bit of a stir!!

[floozy]

I was tested by a nurse and Im sure we got off on the wrong foot because i asked her if she knew about fm and she told me" Im a nurse" well I used to be but had never heard about fm so guess what rate I was put on ?

[colleenofminster]

I had a physiotherapist a young girl in her early twenties.

[Hidden]

I was seen by a nurse that had the title Registered Nurse Disability Specialist, I found her questioning devious, what kind of people do these jobs, and what about the hippocratic oath asfaras some doctors are concerned? I am convinced it was a foregone conclusion before I'd even walked in through the door - Tribunal will be coming up soon.

[fairycazzie]

i have to say i not been assessed yet as not got a claim although in process!

i like Reflections comments and how put i just wish i had your vocabulary!!

excellent..

it is true though i belive we are judged before even being seen! because of so many fraudsters.

Nurse/dr do not think it matters but my Dr's do not know anything about my problems hence a brain specialist as it gets out of their hands after the tests they do and what trained for.

we all learn something new every day or along the way!!

I had to read up on mine via a piece of paper the talker handed me!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[fairycazzie]

** the DR*** lol

[fibro]

on the report form they complete there is a space for them to recommend if you need support group criteria. you can ask for a copy f your medical report the day after you have been. just phone the number that was on your appointment letter. I have a feeling though that a lot of these forms don't get fully completed. so it's up to us to question them.

I wonder how easy/ hard it is to get a job with ATOS. do you think we would qualify fir their job. after all they only sit there tapping the keyboard, like we are doing now.

how many of you have been to your ATOS assessment and NOT been examined?

maybe we should just flood ATOS with a load of job applications, if it asks for qualifications, just write..... the same as those that you already employ,!!!

[michaelb62]

I think the biggest problem is that there are still some drs and nurses here who do not believe in fybromyalgia they look at us as malingerers because they cannot see something physical if you break your leg it's put in plaster and people can see that problem but I find they look at me and think why is she disabled what they don't see are the tears I cry at night when the pain is so bad or when I just don't sleep. They not see the amount of pills I take to get me through a day as comfortable s possible. All these things go ignored. There re some people out there who do milk the system and are not disabled there was a case last week where h guy had had £400,000 how he managed that I don't know but he claimed he couldn't walk was given a medical then after the examiners had left he walked out of his lat and went off shopping etc. they also had video of him dancing. Unfortunately it's these people that make it difficult for us genuine people who need help to get it as we all get tarred with the same brush. It is becoming more recognised slowly America has more recognised drs and people that class it as a genuine complaint tHan here in England. Although since being diagnosed over 20 years ago I have seen some positive changes in attitude.