SWE10562: Provision of Medical Assessment Services

As part of its statutory duty to investigate concerns

about the fitness to practise of social workers,

Social Work England may, where appropriate,

require registrants to undergo a medical

assessment, particularly in cases where concerns relate to a registrant's mental or physical health. As

Social Work England does not possess the internal

capacity to deliver these specialist services, it is

seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and

experienced Service Provider to work in partnership

to deliver a high-quality and robust Medical

Assessment Service. The appointed provider will be

responsible for conducting comprehensive medical

assessments and producing clear, quantifiable,

evidence-based reports that determine whether a

registrant's mental and/or physical health may be

impaired to the extent that it could affect their

fitness to practise. Experts may also be required,

when necessary, to provide witness testimony in

fitness to practise hearings.