Adrian Midgeley typed:
> I sit as an assessor to the tribunals dealing with appeals against
> denial of incapacity benefit on the basis of the all work test
> administered by doctors in the BAMS
So do I, and I do not envy the BAMS doctors.
I used to think it might be a good idea to videotape
the examination. Then, I realised that it would be
a very *bad* idea.
I used to think that being a medical assessor was
a relaxing way to earn 98 pounds. Recently, it has
been getting increasingly depressing. Human misery,
as per usual, but in much greater details than
experienced in the surgery. 30-40 minutes of listening
to someone (and their representative) explain why their
life is so horrible is almost beyond my endurance.
Interesting to note, though, that the tribunal takes a
much dimmer view than I would, most of the time.
--
Dr Iain L M Hotchkies / http://www.hotch.demon.co.uk (unpublished
novels and lots of other fun stuff, but very little hard-core porn)
"My experience has been from working in the UK that GPs will screw each
other but will be fairly supine when fighting with the Government or
charging the patients proper fees when they are due."
(Dr Sachit Shah, as posted on GP-UK 12th February 1998)
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there
is something in them that is not disagreeable to him." (Samuel Johnson)
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