Rosered
A new version of the ESA medical (the WCA), came into force on Monday 28/03/11.
The new tests were enacted in law. See
here The ESA Handbook, see the Members area, provides guidance to the ATOS medical staff and DWP Decision Makers, as to how they should apply these tests.
The comment that Steve has made, refers this interpretation, a good example of this is using a washing machine.
The guidance is can the claimant load the clothes and switch it on.
Steve suggests that it is more complicated, you need to sort the clothes by colour, check washing instructions on each item, remove dry clean only items, etc.
Hope this explains it a bit better.
Gordon
