Recommendation 18

We welcome the plans outlined in the Government’s Health and Disability White Paper to test specialist assessors and to address the challenges of assessing fluctuating conditions. But we were disappointed that there do not appear to be wider plans to overhaul descriptors. We request that the Government confirm in response to this Report whether it is still reviewing the descriptors, and if not, what evidence it has found that those currently in use are fit for purpose. (Paragraph 78) Decision-making