To assist us and the WorkCover insurer for your employer to understand the full nature and extent of your injuries, it is necessary for you to attend independent medical examinations with medico-legal doctors.
These examiners must be independent and have the appropriate qualifications to assess you in accordance with the requirements of the WorkCover system. These examiners do not treat you and their role is to provide reports that assist both us and the WorkCover insurer.
This is not to say that your treating medical practitioners are any less important, as they in fact are paramount in providing you with treatment but also in providing us with medical reports from time to time.
Medical reports are used to establish various matters such as: the history of your injury, the diagnosis of your injury, the treatment you have undergone and will likely require, the prognosis, your capacity for employment and rehabilitation and any pre-existing medical conditions.