FOI/202400419312 · FOI · unclear
Adult Disability Payment Practitioner qualifications: FOI release
Information requested
With reference to a specified review of an Adult Disability Payment application:
“I am requesting the details of the medical practitioners qualifications and specialisation”.
Response
We have interpreted your request to be for information on the relevant, professional qualifications of the health and social care practitioner who advised during the processing of a specified application for Adult Disability Payment.
Advice is provided by a practitioner with relevant experience and/or specialism based on the case manager’s request.
Practitioners could be a:
registered nurse registered mental health nurse registered learning disability nurse physiotherapist occupational therapist social care practitioner social worker
Practitioners do not diagnose conditions or advise on treatment and are all Social Security Scotland staff members.
The practitioner who provided advice to the case manager in the instance you have requested information on is a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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