We welcome the changes to the process for accessing benefits via the special rules for terminal illness, specifically replacing the six month rule with 12 months.

We welcome the changes to the process for accessing benefits via the special rules for terminal illness, specifically replacing the six month rule with 12 months. Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Paragraph: 15 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: Health assessments for benefits 5 IPRs are not conducted to investigate a customer’s death, but provide an internal, high- quality investigation to ensure the Department continuously learns from where the customer experience has fallen short of expected standards. The Department is not always made a