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Regulators face possible action over failure to discipline lying PIP assessors

Geoark
Geoark Community member Posts: 1,463 Disability Gamechanger

The body that oversees the UK’s health and care regulators is considering taking action over their failure to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports.

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is to look next month at whether it should examine the failings of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

PSA, which is accountable to parliament, is responsible for overseeing nine UK healthcare regulators, including HCPC and NMC.

It has confirmed that it will be looking at the work of NMC and HCPC after being contacted by disabled activist Mark Lucas, who has twice appealed successfully against the results of what he believes were dishonest personal independence payment (PIP) assessments.

Source: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/regulators-face-possible-action-over-failure-to-discipline-lying-pip-assessors/

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