Resources and information for advisers on the work capability assessment.
Information on the work capability assessment in our online handbooks:
Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook (for subscribers):
Disability Rights Handbook (for subscribers):
The most recent articles from our Welfare Rights Bulletin which relate to the work capability assessment:
Our tools include tools to help you draft a mandatory reconsideration request to challenge a decision on limited capability for work and/or limited capability for work related activity:
Our judicial review (JR) pre-action protocol template letters for advisers:
For copies of the JR template letters, advice about whether JR is the appropriate route, and for help with adapting the templates, contact our Judicial Review Project ([email protected]).
Our briefing on the previous government’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry on health assessments:
Our briefing on the previous government’s proposals to end the work capability assessment: