I see the procedure has changed to SFE, but exactly what medical evidence you need seems to have changed too.

 

It says you need to provide:

"A written medical statement from a doctor or appropriate qualified specialist confirming the nature of your disability or mental health condition and how your

study will be affected by it. It is your responsibility to pay any cost in relation to obtaining this."

 

The bolded bit has me concerned as in the past the LEA I worked with were happy with statements from sixth form specialist teachers/advisors, and even the NHS bursary people only asked for proof from my GP that I did have the condition that they said I did (so I have used literature from 2003 for all previous applications).

 

Does anyone know of any easy literature to explain this to GPs? (so that they write enough, but don't feel they are being asked to do the assessment, as I am fairly sure they would argue that they are not qualified).

 

Also, this change seems to affect those with conditions other than SLDs more, as the SLD requirement of assesment after the age of 16 has not changed, but apparently medical evidence that is post-16 but 6 years old is not appropriate.