Guide for Designated Doctors
This booklet provides a guide for designated doctors. It outlines the background to the designated doctor programme and provides Work and Income’s expectations.
It also provides a step-by-step guide to completing the designated doctor report.
It has been written to help you understand why questions have been asked in the report, and how your responses are likely to be interpreted by Work and Income.
Relationship with General Practitioners
- Residency criteria for eligibility
- Sickness Benefit
- Invalid’s Benefit
- Independent Youth Benefit (Sickness)
- Domestic Purposes Benefit – Care of Sick or Infirm
- Child Disability Allowance
When would a case manager refer to a designated doctor?
Referral to a designated doctor
- Client number
- Designated doctor details
- Client details
- Reason for referral
- Case manager details
- Documents attached
Completing the Designated Doctor Report
- Report form
- Timeframes
- Requesting a Host Doctor/Usual Practitioner Report
- Discussion with the person
- Case manager details
- Client details
- Sickness, injury or disability
- Current treatment or intervention
- Impact on capacity for work
- Factors which impact on capacity for work
- Planning for employment
- Comments
- Designated doctor details
- Billing Statement
- Designated doctor fees
Appendix 1 – Host Doctor/Usual Practitioner Report
Appendix 2 – Factors which impact on capacity for work
Appendix 3 – Billing Statement
