How the form check works
You upload a scan of a completed Functional/Medical Assessment. The tool lines it up against a blank copy of the same form and looks at each box it knows the position of.
What it checks
- Required boxes left empty. These go under “Fix these”, with the part of the form to find them in.
- Boxes that depend on another answer — for example, if you tick that the person uses an assistive device, the box explaining it must be filled in.
- Whether the form makes the case — a diagnosis, the findings behind it, how severe it is, what it stops the person doing, what help they need, how it will change, and your recommendation.
- Which boxes have writing in them. Listed under “Looks filled in”.
What it doesn’t check
- What your handwriting says. It sees that a box has writing, not what the writing is. “Looks filled in” never means “correct”.
- Your medical opinion. It checks that the form is complete, not whether the assessment is right.
- About two thirds of the boxes. The tool only checks boxes whose position on the form a person has confirmed — about a third of each form so far.
“Check these yourself”
Every box the tool couldn’t confirm goes on this list, in page order: boxes it doesn’t check yet, and boxes where the scan was too unclear to tell. They are never reported as empty, and never as done. Look at each one on the paper and tick it off.
Nothing is kept
The scan is read and then deleted. The report lives only in your browser tab and disappears when you close it. If you print it or save it as a PDF, that copy is yours to look after — it contains patient information.
Rule numbers
Each problem carries a small rule number, such as “Rule GIA-P-005”. You don’t need it to fix your form. It lets a reviewer trace the problem back to the exact requirement it comes from.