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DWP/Atos complaints procedure

So my complaint procedure started in March 2016 in which Atos lie in assessments and DWP ignore medical evidence. I have now received the outcome from the independent case examiner and apparently it is not Maladministration or fraud with intent to cause financial loss, but ICE say it is of a difference of opinion but admit the DWP Atos & ICE have no medical/disability experience. I’m a bit baffled, my complaint is now off to the parliamentary ombudsman. My complaint has been ongoing for 4 years in March it is ridiculous.
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It sounds like they are saying it's your word against theirs - which is difficult to prove otherwise unless the assessment was tape-recorded...
I had a similar problem..
then again 8 years plus from my last tribunal, i'm almost ready to attend another one, after a nurse made more mistakes, 5 of which the assessment center has already agreed are wrong, but still won't alter the 0 score again, failed the MR so back at tribunal, and also taken the nurse to her governing body, the nursing and midwifery council of which i'm now at tier 2 level 2 hearing for gross misconduct and failure in a duty of care role, wrong medical reports note taking, wrong doses writing, refers to me as a woman on one page then a man on the next, more than a few times, refused to have it recorded, and asked in writing 3 times before the date and 2 at the test center only to be told, failure to attend now will be marked as none attended, which is a lie and a threat and against the rules and of the guidance of the test center, and much more, even making stories up stating i had family issues? and goes on into depth which clearly mixes me up with someone else's notes, as after 5 assessments now, even form is filled in with the same information as the last, so anything new is medical and fact based, so adding something else into a report which isn't in the previous 4, can be clearly shown to not have come from my mouth, as all most all the reports are so much the same, apart from dates and times and others who have done them, there's enough in them like 99% to show it's me and are all the same, so something like a family issue on such a scale this lady nurse was rambling on about stuck out like a pink sock in a all back suit, some thing are the same, as this nurse also states that no medical evidence was provided, then went on to state that they were out of date, the copied a hand given piece of paper with my latest medical tablet use on, and wrote the doses wrong on 3 of the items, even though she already had a copy in her 80 page bundle given, but refused to pick up and use or read, and then goes on to have no idea ona given tablets use or amount, so wouldn't want this nurse giving tablets out, if she can't read, then write the correct amount down, and as this is all written in her report, again shot herself in the foot, so 2 so called professionals.
keep your chin up, your not on your own paddling against the sea of despair, your in the careless DWP system, the one which all parties say their going to improve, then all fail in the process, making it harder and worse, year after year
I appreciate your frustrations and it's certainly not fair at all. You unfortunately are not alone in this experience.
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