Social Security Medical Board: Appointment of Practitioners

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A decision made 12 November 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-S-2014-00143
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Appointment of a Medical Board Practitioners		Date of Decision Summary:	10 November 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Contributory Benefits		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Medical Board appointment of Medical Board Practitioners		Date of Written Report:	10 November 2014
Written Report Author:	Head of Contributory Benefits		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Social Security Medical Board – Appointment of Medical Board Practitioners
Decision(s): The Minister approved the appointment of three medical practitioners to undertake medical boards as provided for under the provisions of Article 34 of the Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974.
Reason(s) for Decision: An increase to the pool of appropriately qualified doctors was required to ensure that the Department could assess benefit entitlements in a timely manner.
Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications with this appointment.
Action required: No further action is required.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Social Security Medical Board: Appointment of Practitioners

REPORT

The Social Security (Jersey) Law 1974 (as amended) provides for the determination of questions relating to a loss of faculty for the award of Long Term Incapacity Allowance (LTIA). The Minister must refer certain questions to a medical board consisting of several medical practitioners. The medical board must determine:

If there is a loss of faculty
If the loss of faculty is permanent
The degree of incapacity as a result of the loss of faculty i.e. the percentage award, and
The duration of the award i.e. when it would be appropriate to review for any improvement/deterioration of the condition.

The department requires a pool of appropriately experienced doctors appointed to ensure that medical boards are undertaken and benefit claims assessed in a timely manner.

The Minister for Social Security is satisfied that the following Doctors have suitable knowledge and experience to undertake the role of a medical board practitioner.

Dr Janet Campbell BM BCh, DPhil (Oxon), MSc, Dip FP

Dr Campbell has been a practising General Practitioner since 1995, and has been involved in clinical teaching since 1980 in a variety of roles including being a clinical teacher at Cambridge University and a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia. More recently, Dr Campbell has been working locally as the clinic doctor at the Brooke Clinic in Jersey.

Dr Mark Earley MB Chb, Medicine

Dr Earley qualified in 1987 from Manchester University and has been a General Practitioner (GP) in Jersey since 1991. Currently a self-employed GP, his roles include being the Medical Officer for Jersey and Guernsey Prisons as well as conducting a weekly GP session at Castle Quay Practice.

Dr Brendan Loane BSc. (Hons.)

Dr Loane has been a practising General Practitioner in Jersey for 14 years, having previously worked in a variety of primary care roles, including that of a GP in Northern Ireland and a house officer in both Belfast City and Ulster hospitals. In addition Dr Loane is currently on the Social Security Medical Appeal Tribunal Panel, which he will forego once appointed to the Medical Board Doctor role.