LTIA assessment process (FOI)LTIA assessment process (FOI)
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Request 701351838
​My [redacted] recently underwent a Health Assessment as part of the Long Term Incapacity Allowance process. To better understand the doctor’s assessment, I would like access to the “general guide to assessments”.
Response
This information is already in the public domain and is available at the following link therefore Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
gov.je/Government/FreedomOfInformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=3206​
Article applied
Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means
(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.
(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.​​
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