12 May 2010

Coroner Tom Osborne replies to Sir Leigh Lewis, saying that DWP does not need to investigate the circumstances surrounding Stephen Carré’s death but does need to investigate use of medical evidence.

What: Osborne says DWP does not need to investigate the circumstances surrounding Stephen Carré’s death, as that has already taken place at the inquest, and that DWP needs instead to look at the “use of medical evidence when determining entitlement of benefit of those patients who are suffering from a psychiatric illness”. He offers to send Sir Leigh a transcript of the inquest evidence.

Why significant: Further clarification of the coroner’s concerns about the WCA.