This is a subject that we will come back to from time to time as we challenge the existing situation with regard to giving consent to the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) with respect to signing the consent component of your forms.  If you tick the box refusing this consent it seems, for the time being, that the DWP will simply see this as an end to your process and this may stop your benefit. There are issues around this which we are raising.

However the primary relationship here on this subject is the personal relationship between you and any doctor you see.  Your doctor has a duty, as described by the General Medical Council & other representative bodies, to let you know and discuss any report they write on you to a 3rd party.

The DWP when they request a report tell your doctor they have your consent and you don't need to see the report.  We also know they advise GP's not to discuss the report with you the patient before it is sent.

In order for you to have control and absolutely ensure your rights to see and discuss any medical report on you requested by a 3rd Party. I have added a sample letter to the Useful Documents section.

This makes it clear that your doctor has to inform you and cannot release any report without your written consent. It seems a bit long winded you would have to do this. However this ensures you are kept in the "loop".