Terminated assessment experience

I attended for ESA assessment in February. RN  commented that my pain cant be as bad as all that as I only take paracetamol and occasionally co-codamol. I have rheumatoid & osteo arthritis, polymyalgia, Sjogrens* syndrome. I knew that DWP had issued guidelines about that point, in addition to which G.P.s had been told not to prescribe opioids as there were growing concerns about the numbers of patients who developed dependancies on strong pain-killers. Assessor did not care to have these things pointed out to him, but I believe I was tactful. He appeared not to be at all well-informed about my treatments etc. I asked him again to confirm that he was a RN. He got up from the desk, walked over to the corner of the room, opened the door and told me that he was terminating the assessment. I remained seated and he repeated that he was terminating the assessment. I made no comment, simply got up and left. I could not open the heavy fire-door and he stood and watched me struggle. I had to ask him to open the door. He later denied that.I invoked the formal complaints procedure. He claimed that I refused to answer his questions - he didn*t ask me any. He further claimed that he explained the reasons why he terminated the assessment. Not true - had he done so I would have challenged them. He further claimed that he waited with me in the waiting-room until my companion came to meet me. Not true. The Leeds-based complaints dept further claimed that the Receptionists (I only saw one! ) observed that I did not appear to be distressed, upon my arrival at the Centre or upon leaving. I wasn*t in the least distressed and at no time to claimed to have been so. Furthermore, the Receptionist did not look at me, or my I.D., so in the absence of any eye-contact I was curious to learn by what means did the Receptionist form the view as to my distress or lack of same. No-one is at all surprised at my experience and I am now referring the complaint to the I.C.E., for what it*s worth. This man must have put on his C.V. that he was a proficient liar. These jobs are very well paid. I am referring the case to the Nursing & Midwifery Council.   

I think I could be forgiven for finding it so easy to believe that, when they apply for these jobs, the include on their C.V.s " proficient, pathological liar ". Channel 4 found that the vast majority of M.R.apps are submitted owing to claims that HCP lied in report. Exposed so very clearly by Select Committee.

Nurse should have told the truth, that was all I required of him. It could have been handled discreetly. 

The problem I have is the issue of Nurse claiming that I refused to answer his questions. He didn*t put any questions to me. Went on to lie that he had explained reasons why he terminated assessment. He did not. I made statement to Law Centre following day. I was asked what * form of words * were used. No form of words used at all.

They are supposed to tell the truth! Had he done so, he would have been compelled to *fess-up and admit he did not ask me any questions. And, no, he did not offer any explanation for terminating assessment. But there is rather more disclosure of which must wait a little. I was more knowledgeable & better informed. However diplomatic I was, he threw his teddy out of the pram!