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Approved Medical Specialists - A Guide for Medical Practitioners
This brochure provides information on the role of an Approved Medical Specialist( AMS ). Impairment assessments are required when a worker and their employer do not agree on the worker's degree of permanent impairment. An AMS is trained to evaluate permanent impairment using the "WorkCover WA Guides for Evaluation of Permanent Impairment".

Approved Medical Specialists - A Guide for Doctors PDF Version - 1.43MB, 8 pages

Helping injured patients return to work safely
An Interview with Dr Barry Fatovich on the importance of a properly constructed return to work program. The article appears in the August 2006 edition of Medicus:

Helping injured patients return safely to work.

Customer First: Have your say on the Services we Provide

WorkCover WA values good customer service. This brochure and reply paid form explains the WorkCover WA Customer First Feedback System.

There is also a form that can be submitted online here.

We encourage you to give us feedback in the form of:

a compliment on a service that we do well

suggestions on what we might do differently

a complaint and tell us what we can do better.

Publications for Approved Medical Specialists

WorkCover WA Guides for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
The WorkCover WA Guides are issued under section 146R of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 for the purpose of evaluating the degree of permanent impairment that arises from an injury, as defined in section 5(1) of the Act. The Act requires assessments of permanent impairment to be made in accordance with the WorkCover WA Guides by medical practitioners designated by WorkCover WA as approved medical specialists. The 2nd edition of the Guides is operational from 26 November 2007

WorkCover WA Guides for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (2nd edition)PDF, 456kb, 102 pages
Fact Sheet outlining changes to the 2nd edition

Guidance Notes for Approved Medical Specialists
This publication has been developed to inform Approved Medical Specialists about the impairment assessment process required under the new legislation. This document outlines the methodology, process and terminology of the impairment assessment process.

Guidance Notes for Approved Medical SpecialistsPDF, 67 pages

Assessment of Permanent Injuries before and after 14 November 2005
This fact sheet provides guidance in determining what process should be followed when requesting or undertaking a disability or impairment assessment.

Assessment of Permanent Injuries before and after 14 November 2005

Approved Medical Specialists - A Guide for Doctors
This brochure gives medical practitioners an outline of the role of the Approved Medical Specialist in the workers' compensation system.

Approved Medical Specialists - A Guide for Doctors

Approved Medical Specialists - A Guide for Workers
This brochure provides information to injured workers about when they require an impairment assessment and the processes involved in the assessment