§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if the evidence of incapacity for work referred to in paragraph 2 of SI No. 615 (1976) can be withheld from a person claiming benefit by the family practitioner and sent direct to his Department by the family practitioner; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIt has always been the intention, and is almost invariably the practice, that the evidence of incapacity for work referred to in paragraph 2 of SI No. 615 (1976) should be issued to the patient or his personal representative by the family practitioner and not sent direct to the Department.
Section 29(2)(d) of the National Health Service Act 1977 part II refers.