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Guidance

22 April 2022

Child Disability Payment, Adult Disability Payment, Pension Age Disability Payment

Supporting information: Third sector organisations guidance for supporting information requests

Guidance to help third sector organisations complete a request for supporting information

Guidance

22 April 2022

Child Disability Payment, Adult Disability Payment

Supporting information: Questions guidance for third sector organisation requests

Guidance to help third sector organisations navigate the questions asked on the supporting information form.

Guidance

1 April 2022

Adult Disability Payment

Adult Disability Payment: Questions guidance for GP and registered medical practitioner supporting information requests

Guidance to help GPs navigate the questions asked on the Adult Disability Payment supporting information form.

Guidance

1 April 2022

Adult Disability Payment

Adult Disability Payment: Guidance for GP and registered medical practitioner supporting information requests

Guidance to help GPs navigate Adult Disability Payment supporting information requests

Guidance

7 February 2022

Client relations

Client Representative guidelines

The guidelines have been prepared by the Scottish Government for Social Security Scotland staff. They describe the main actors within the social security system that provide support to clients of Social Security Scotland as well as the processes that need to be followed to enable them to deal with Social Security Scotland and how Social Security Scotland should respond where clients appear to be at risk.

Guidance

25 August 2021

Child Disability Payment

Case Transfer Guide

Guidance

26 June 2021

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

Factsheet for clinicians

This factsheet is designed to inform clinicians about the new definition of terminal illness for disability benefits that are delivered by Social Security Scotland.

Guidance

25 June 2021

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

Special Rules for Terminal Illness leaflet for patients

Guidance

22 June 2021

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

Contacting the clinicians' helpline

The helpline is available to support clinicians to navigate the new Chief Medical Officer's guidance and understand the decision making process to complete the Benefits Assessment Special Rules in Scotland form.

Guidance

20 June 2021

Special Rules for Terminal Illness

Requesting a BASRiS Payment form

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