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Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

Answer

The number of medical referrals made to Atos Healthcare from DWP between 1 March 2008 and 28 February 2009 is 1,767,720. There is no data available by government office region. The information provided is at a national level.These figures relate to all referrals made to Atos Healthcare and not all of these relate to face to face examinations. The total number of face-to-face examinations carried out in the claimant's home between 1 March 2008 and 28 February 2009 is 47,550. The number of face to face examinations carried out for the same period in each of the Medical Examination Centres is in the following table.

Number of face to face examinations carried out between 1 March 2008 and 28 February 2009 in each of the medical examination centres
	Total
Aberdeen	2,930
Aberystwyth examination centre	580
Aylesbury medical examination centre	2,820
Ayr examination centre	3,870
Balham medical examination centre	1,220
Banff	220
Bangor examination centre	1,830
Barnsley examination centre	3,000
Barnstaple medical services examination centre	908
Barrow medical examination centre	1,770
Benbecula	30
Berwick medical services examination centre	120
Birkenhead medical examination centre	3,910
Birmingham	19,570
Bishop Auckland medical services centre	2,830
Blackpool (warbreck) medical examination centre	4,820
Blaenau Ffestiniog examination centre	130
Bolton	5,500
Bootle medical examination centre	9,810
Boston examination centre	2,350
Bournemouth medical services examination centre	4,960
Bradford examination centre	5,277
Brecon examination centre	130
Bridgend examination centre	3,200
Brighton medical examination centre	6,700
Bristol medical services examination centre	8,310
Burnley Brun House	4,780
Cambridge medical examination centre	2,840
Campbeltown examination centre	80
Canterbury medical services examination centre	5,720
Cardiff examination centre	8,932
Cardigan examination centre	220
Carlisle medical examination centre	1,710
Carmarthen examination centre	1,910
Chatham medical services examination centre	5,120
Chelmsford medical examination centre	330
Chester medical examination centre	1,980
Chesterfield examination centre	2,870
Colchester medical examination centre	3,000
Colwyn Bay examination centre	2,360
Coventry medical examination centre	6,110
Crewe medical examination centre	2,270
Croydon medical examination centre	2,860
Derby medical examination centre	5,970
Dolgellau examination centre	100
Doncaster medical services examination centre	3,660
Dumfries	930
Dundee	3,120
Durham medical services centre	3,860
Ealing medical examination centre	570
Elgin	30
Exeter medical services examination centre	3,900
Fort William	130
Glasgow A examination centre	26,130
Glasgow B examination centre	200
Gloucester medical services examination centre	2,270
Golspie	40
Greenock examination centre	40
Grimsby	3,200
Guildford medical services examination centre	3,120
Halifax examination centre	1,670
Hastings medical examination centre	590
Haverfordwest examination centre	1,130
Hawick	300
Hereford medical examination centre	1,060
Highgate medical examination centre	2,850
Huddersfield examination centre	3,770
Hull examination centre	5,510
Inverness	1,470
Ipswich medical examination centre	3,470
Islay hospital	10
Keighley examination centre	1,410
King's Lynn medical examination centre	1,730
Kirkcaldy	3,370
Kirkwall	100
Lancaster medical examination centre	1,770
Launceston medical services examination centre	490
Leeds exam centre—medical reception	7,160
Leicester examination centre	8,370
Lerwick	50
Lincoln examination centre	2,680
Llandrindod wells	240
Lossiemouth	70
Luton medical examination centre	6,940
Manchester	25,070
Mann Island medical examination centre	5,100
Mansfield examination centre	5,940
Marylebone medical examination centre	30,130
Newcastle medical services centre	16,850
Newport (Isle of Wight) medical services examination centre	1,020
Newport examination centre	4,250
Newton Stewart	70
Newtown examination centre	320
Northampton examination centre	4,480
Norwich medical examination centre	5,880
Nottingham examination centre	8,300
Oban examination centre	180
Oxford medical examination centre	2,080
Perth	340
Peterborough medical examination centre	3,660
Plymouth medical services examination centre	4,140
Pontefract examination centre	5,080
Pontllanfraith examination centre	3,430
Pontypridd examination centre	7,550
Portree	60
Portsmouth medical services examination centre	4,420
Preston	6,130
Pwllheli examination centre	210
Reading medical services examination centre	4,150
Romford medical examination centre	10,810
Salisbury medical services examination centre	840
Scarborough examination centre	1,380
Sheffield examination centre	9,370
Shrewsbury medical examination centre	3,780
Southampton medical examination centre	4,660
Southend medical examination centre	7,340
St. Helens medical examination centre	3,820
St. Leonards medical services examination centre	2,110
Stirling	3,020
Stockport	4,740
Stoke	7,140
Stornoway	140
Stranraer	160
Sunderland medical services centre	7,230
Swansea examination centre	9,060
Swindon medical services examination centre	2,770
Taunton medical services examination centre	2,020
Thornaby medical examination centre	10,560
Thurso	110
Townhead practice	20
Tredegar examination centre	2,230
Truro medical services examination centre	3,560
Warrington medical examination centre	5,080
Wick	120
Wigan	3,970
Wimbledon medical examination centre	6,280
Wolverhampton medical services	8,980
Worcester examination centre	2,560
Workington medical examination centre	1,860
Wrexham examination centre	3,580
Yeovil medical services examination centre	1,340
York examination centre	2,170
York place	6,440
Total	570,740
Note:
All figures provided are rounded down to the nearest 10 and relate to the following benefit areas: attendance allowance/disability living allowance, incapacity benefit, industrial injuries disablement benefit and service personnel and veterans agency.
Source:
Medical Services

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

491 c1289-92W; 264502

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Medical examinations Social security benefits

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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