Invalidity Benefit

Politics & Policy

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• The update adds new historical context and operational details (early context, medical examinations, and GP assessment procedures) that were not present before.

Add: and Social Security introduced Invalidity Benefit in the National Insurance Act 1971 Tania Burchardt from the London School of Economics has described the 1970s and 1980s Add: claimants often had to undergo a medical examination by a Benefits Agency doctor and cases were reviewed regularly sometimes leading to benefits being withdrawn from valid claimants Add: Applicants to Invalidity Benefit were required to provide a sick note from their GP which would describe why the claimant was unable to work For the first 6 months of the claim the GP was required only to consider if they could return to their usual occupation However after six months they had to consider if the claimant was unfit for any other kind of work and therefore eligible for long term invalidity benefits An editorial in the British Journal of General Practice published in 1990.

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