DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using
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Tag: Atos
Recordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts
By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A nurse failed to mention a disabled woman’s near-fatal asthma
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DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport
By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the
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Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise
By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of
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Woman ‘forced to sit in her own urine for two hours’ by PIP assessor
By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 A disabled women says she was left to sit
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#CripTheVoteUK #GE2017: #SNP calls on next government to follow Scotland’s lead on benefits
The SNP has called on the next UK government to follow Scotland’s lead in protecting disabled people from social security
#GE2017 “I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government” ~ Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Consultant Breast Cancer Surgeon
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DWP pilot failure on WCA ‘calls into question willingness to learn from suicides’
By John Pring Disability News Service 18th May 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appears to have
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Government admits failing to record actions after benefit suicide inquiries
By John Pring Disability News Service April 27th 2017 The government failed for more than three years to
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Concern over UN’s ‘silence’ on benefit-related deaths
By John Pring Disability News Service 6th April 2017 Disabled activists fear that the UN committee examining the
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PIP investigation: Council probes ‘shockingly poor and dishonest’ assessments
By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 A local authority is to hear evidence from up to a
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PIP investigation: Claimant group tell MPs of ‘systemic malpractice’ by assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 A group of nine disabled people with the same rare
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PIP investigation: MPs’ evidence session confirms concerns, but dodges dishonesty claims
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017 Nearly nine in 10 Citizens Advice offices have reported
#BMJ #BritishMedicalJournal ‘#FirstDoNoHarm’: are #WCA #disabilityassessments associated with adverse trends in #MentalHealth? ~ assessments have had serious adverse consequences for mental health in England, which could outweigh any benefits that arise from moving people off disability benefits – A longitudinal ecological study – B Barr1, D Taylor-Robinson1, D Stuckler2, R Loopstra2, A Reeves2, M Whitehead1 Author affiliations
Abstract Background In England between 2010 and 2013, just over one million recipients of the main out-of-work disability benefit had
PIP investigation: ‘Horrific’ suicide question sparks fresh assessment inquiry calls
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 There are fresh calls for an inquiry into the way
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Sister launches judicial review claim in bid for sanctions death inquest
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The sister of a disabled man who died after being
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PIP investigation: 100 cases, and still DWP refuses to accept the dishonest truth
By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied there is
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Mother of ‘fit for work’ victim calls for ministers to face criminal charges
By John Pring Disability News Service 9th February 2017 The mother of a disabled man who starved to death
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PIP investigation: Welfare expert says two-thirds of appeals involve lying assessors
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 Welfare rights experts have produced evidence that backs up the
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PIP investigation: MPs to consider assessment dishonesty claims
By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017 An influential committee of MPs is to examine claims of
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