Request

‘i would like some info on a doctor who delt with my bad vaccine damage payment i want to know what qualifications the doctor has can u please advise how i get this info’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 18 March 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

Our response

Qualifications and experience

The NHSBSA does not hold information on the independent medical assessors' qualifications. This is because their medical qualifications and experience are the responsibility of the third-party medical assessment supplier.

I hope, however, that the following information provides reassurance on this point:

All claims are assessed by the independent medical assessment company with a consistent approach.

Each case is considered on its own merits, by an experienced independent medical assessor.

The contract with our supplier does not require them to tell us details of their qualifications or their experience.

The contract requires that all assessments carried out are undertaken by suitably qualified and experienced Registered Medical Practitioners. This includes being registered on the UK GMC register, with a licence to practise and meet or exceed the following requirements:

• they are a Registered Medical Practitioner with at least five years’ post graduate experience; and • they have experience of the performance of medical and/ or disability assessment, addressing questions of causation and impact in the context of legislative or policy requirements to assist the decision maker

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