The BASRiS form will replace the DS1500 for Scotland's new disability assistance benefits.
If you have access to the NHS network, you can complete a BASRiS web form. If you do not have access to the NHS network you should use an editable PDF BASRiS form or a paper BASRiS form.
A new version of the BASRiS form was released on 15 December 2022. Please ensure you use the most up to date form.
The new form states that the date to be provided is the date the clinical judgement of terminal Illness was made. You should complete the BASRiS as soon as you make the clinical judgement, but if you complete it on a later date, you must put the date on which you diagnosed the terminal illness.
Who can submit a BASRiS web form
Registered medical practitioners or registered nurses on the NHS network.
How to submit a BASRiS web form
1) Using an NHS device, click the link https://basris.socialsecurity.gov.scot/
2) On the home page, you will be asked which form you wish to complete.
Select the type of form you wish to complete
3) Fill out the applicant’s details to the best of your knowledge.
4) Tell us what you know about the applicant’s conditions.
5) Tell us your clinical judgement about the applicant’s condition.
6) Complete the ‘Declaration of legal consent’.
7) Fill out your details as a registered medical practitioner/registered nurse.
8) Check over all your answers on the final page of the form then press ‘Continue’.
By pressing ‘Continue’ at this stage, your form will be automatically submitted.
9) Download and save a copy of the submitted form.
10) You now have the option to fill out a fee claim form.
Reporting webform issues and errors
If you encounter an error on the webform that you need to tell us about, you can email us at:
DigitalBASRiSGeneralEnquiries@socialsecurity.gov.scot
Title your email: BASRiS Error
Where possible also include the following:
Once your email has been received, we will contact you within 14 days to respond to your query.
If you are unable to use the webform, you can submit an editable PDF BASRiS form or a paper BASRiS while we investigate your issue.
You can download an editable pdf of the BASRiS form.
You must email completed digital editable BASRiS forms and BASRiS fee claim forms to the addresses below:
For children (ages 0-16) return to: CDPBASRiS@socialsecurity.gov.scot
For adults (ages 16 to pension age) return to: ADPBASRiS@socialsecurity.gov.scot
Don’t worry if you submit forms to the wrong email address. We will re-route these internally.
We can only accept pdf BASRiS forms and BASRiS fee claim forms that have been completed digitally and submitted via email. Do not complete these by hand, or post these.
If you wish to complete a BASRiS form or BASRiS fee claim form by hand, or submit via post. Please use the paper forms.
You can only send us a completed pdf BASRiS form from an approved email address/domain name that is on our whitelist below.
Approved domain names on our whitelist are as follows:
Stakeholders who are not on our whitelist will receive an automatic reply telling them their email has been rejected. Check your junk email to make sure your email has not been rejected.
How to get on the BASRiS whitelist
Our BASRiS whitelist is a list of all professionals and professional organisations who are able to both submit a BASRiS form and claim a fee for doing so.
If you are not on the whitelist then first confirm your organisation is on The Scottish Charity Register (OSCR). Only an organisation on the OSCR can be accepted onto our whitelist.
If your organisation is on the OSCR then you can apply to join our whitelist by emailing:
DigitalBASRiSGeneralEnquiries@socialsecurity.gov.scot
In your email, we need you to:
You’ll receive an acknowledgement that your email has been received. We’ll then contact you within 14 days to either confirm you’ve been added to the whitelist or advise you why your application has been rejected.
A new version of the BASRiS form was released on 15 December 2022. Please ensure you use the most up to date form.
The new form states that the date to be provided is the date the clinical judgement of terminal Illness was made. You should complete the BASRiS as soon as you make the clinical judgement, but if you complete it on a later date, you must put the date on which you diagnosed the terminal illness.
Send a completed paper BASRiS form to: BASRiS, PO Box 27165, Glasgow G4 7BR.
If you require a stock of updated paper BASRiS forms, you can order these by emailing: Glasgow.mailroom@socialsecurity.gov.scot
BASRiS forms previously circulated should be destroyed.