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title: "Summarise reports for a Queensland permanent impairment assessment"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/summarise-medical-reports-for-a-whole-person-impairment-assessment/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-B8-2-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Summarise reports for a Queensland permanent impairment assessment

> Extract the diagnoses, the stated degree of permanent impairment and the stability comments from the reports the lawyer supplies. Do not decide the degree of permanent impairment.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/summarise-medical-reports-for-a-whole-person-impairment-assessment/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Extract the diagnoses, the stated degree of permanent impairment and the stability comments from the reports the lawyer supplies. Do not decide the degree of permanent impairment. |
| What the lawyer must review | Check each extracted figure against the report, including whether the injury is stable and stationary For a psychiatric injury, only the Medical Assessment Tribunal assesses the degree The lawyer decides any response to the notice of assessment Health records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and Privacy Act notification |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Summarise medical reports for a whole-person impairment assessment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/summarise-medical-reports-for-a-whole-person-impairment-assessment.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer reads the reports and decides the response to the notice of assessment. The tool only extracts what the reports already say.

- What the AI does: Extract the diagnoses, the stated degree of permanent impairment and the stability comments from the reports the lawyer supplies. Do not decide the degree of permanent impairment.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer verifies every extracted finding and decides whether to dispute the notice of assessment.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. For a worker injured from 15 October 2013, WorkCover says the assessment uses the Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Confirm the report is under that Guide.
2. WorkSafe describes stable and stationary as medically stable for the previous three months and unlikely to change by more than 3 per cent whole person impairment in the next 12 months. Do not treat a report as final if it does not say that.
3. WorkCover says a psychiatric or psychological injury is assessed by the Medical Assessment Tribunal, and there is no review of that assessment. Do not extract a doctor's percentage as the degree for that injury.
4. If the worker disagrees with a physical assessment, WorkCover says the response to the notice of assessment is due within 20 business days, and WorkCover then has 10 business days to decide on another doctor or the Tribunal.

## Notes

- The Queensland statutory measure on a workers' claim is a degree of permanent impairment under the Guide. An injury scale value under the Civil Liability Regulation 2025 is a different assessment, used for general damages where the Civil Liability Act applies.
- The second edition of the Queensland Guide took effect on 1 July 2016. Confirm the report uses the edition the insurer required.
- Medical records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Apply ASCR r 9 and APP 11, and consider whether a breach is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: WorkCover Queensland or a self-insurer, degree of permanent impairment assessment

**Deliverable**: A checked extract of what the reports say, for the lawyer's advice on the notice of assessment.

**Inputs**

- The impairment reports the lawyer supplies
- The notice of assessment, if issued, and the date it was received
- Whether the injury is physical or psychiatric

**Example**: Illustrative example: The draft treats a psychiatrist's percentage as the degree of permanent impairment. The lawyer removes it because WorkCover says only the Medical Assessment Tribunal assesses a psychiatric injury.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The report does not say the injury is stable and stationary.
- The 20 business day response period may have expired.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [WorkCover Queensland: Assessment for the degree of permanent impairment](https://www.workcoverqld.com.au/service-providers/legal-professionals/plaintiff-lawyer-resources/assessment-for-the-degree-of-permanent-impairment) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: Guidelines for Evaluation of Permanent Impairment](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/service-providers/medical-providers/permanent-impairment) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Liability Regulation 2025 (Qld), in force reprint](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/sl-2025-0109) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Material for a Victorian WorkSafe Medical Panel](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/victorian-worksafe-medical-panel-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Index and statutory questions for a Medical Panel under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, for an impairment dispute or a court referral. |
| [Material for a Victorian Wrongs Act Medical Panel](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/victorian-wrongs-act-medical-panel-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Claimant's index where a respondent may refer a significant-injury question to a Medical Panel, which states whether the threshold is met and not a percentage. |
| [Permanent impairment claim form (SIRA): lump sum workers compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-nsw-sira-permanent-impairment-claim.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to SIRA's permanent impairment claim form, with the form's own threshold words set beside the 11% and 15% figures on SIRA's current permanent impairment page. |
| [Material for a Queensland Medical Assessment Tribunal](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/queensland-medical-assessment-tribunal-material.md) | Letter | Yellow | Worker's index of documents for an insurer's referral to a Medical Assessment Tribunal, with the exchange times and the permanent-impairment questions the Act states. |
| [TAC impairment application form (Impairment Assessment Protocols 2026): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-tac-impairment-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Guide to the TAC form lawyers use to request an impairment assessment under Part 3 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 and the Impairment Assessment Protocols 2026. |
| [Index for a NSW Personal Injury Commission medical assessment](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-pic-medical-assessment-bundle.md) | Letter | Yellow | Working index and list of matters for a Personal Injury Commission medical assessment, in the workers compensation or motor accidents division, not a letter to the assessor. |
| [WorkSafe worker's claim for impairment benefits: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-worksafe-impairment-benefits.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WorkSafe form a worker uses to claim compensation for permanent impairment from a work injury, which the claims manual treats as a non-economic loss claim. |
| [Victorian WorkSafe impairment benefit: stability checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/vic-worksafe-impairment-benefit-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist and short letter asking a WorkSafe agent to assess a permanent impairment benefit once the injury is stable. The public page states no percentage, so this checklist states none. |
| [Magistrates' Court WorkCover referral to a Medical Panel: completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-mcv-medical-panel-referral.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Magistrates' Court form parties or their practitioners complete and submit with an application to refer a WorkCover matter to a Medical Panel. |
| [County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel: guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/form-vic-ccv-medical-question-notice.md) | Form | Red | Guide to the County Court notice of intention to refer a medical question to a Medical Panel in a serious injury application for a work injury, from the Common Law Division Practice Note of 9… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*