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In relation to a complaint about ill health early retirement, the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has criticised the employer council for not asking more questions of their medical advisers
The Deputy Pensions Ombudsman has held that when considering an application for an ill health pension, although the decision made could prefer one doctors opinion over another it should have considered critically the advice it received and decide whether it could reasonably be relied on or whether further probing was needed
