One of the key issues that has cropped up throughout this process has been the ability of General Practitioner's to fully understand and comment on a HIV+ persons health in relation to their claim.  That is not to undermine the role of the GP merely they lack the specialist knowledge of a HIV consultant.  There is also an argument that medical practitioners employed by the DWP are also not specialist enough to comment or understand HIV fully. Given that a "medical practitioner" can be a nurse for example.

On the BBC News website there is a story about GP's & HIV which further supports the case that they are not best placed to comment on HIV when they fail to recognise it in surgery.

Here is the story.