Personal Capacity Assessment Factsheet

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A factsheet on the personal capacity assessment process used by the government for determining incapacity benefit.

It covers topics such as who is exempt from the PCA, how your condition will be assessed, the medical examination involved, appealing against decisions and future changes.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that individual factsheets are available free of charge to users of mental health services and their carers, but are chargeable to organisations at the rates shown per copy.  Photocopying of individual factsheets by organisations is strictly prohibited.