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Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals (8 October 2020)
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Work Capability Assessment handbook: for healthcare professionals
This guidance is for healthcare professionals who undertake Work Capability Assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Published 19 March 2013
Last updated 8 October 2020 — see all updates
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Department for Work and Pensions
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Work Capability Assessment (WCA) handbook
Ref: MED-ESAAR2011/2012HB~001PDF, 4.19MB, 259 pages
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(ODT version: Word-compatible) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) handbook
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Details
This guidance is for healthcare professionals approved or appointed by the Department for Work and Pensions Chief Medical Adviser to undertake Work Capability Assessments on behalf of the department.
Work Capability Assessments are carried out in connection with claims for Employment and Support Allowance.
This handbook is only a part of the training that a healthcare professional receives. Disability assessment is a practical occupation and much of the guidance involves verbal information and coaching.
Some of the information may not be readily understood without background medical knowledge and an awareness of the other training that healthcare professionals receive.
Why we publish this guide
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Information for claimants
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Published 19 March 2013
Last updated 8 October 2020 + show all updates