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Watchdog begins probe into failure of regulators to punish lying PIP assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A watchdog is examining the failure of two healthcare regulators to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is looking at concerns … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Health and Care professions Council HCPC, Mark Lucas, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)., PIP, The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 7 Replies

The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for disabled people to ask how she plans to penalise government contractors Atos and Capita, following last week’s “devastating” revelations about … Continue reading →

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Posted in Anita Bellows, Assessments, Atos, Capita, John Slater, Marsha de Cordova, PIP, SNP, Stephen Hendry, Stephen Lloyd, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive culture of mistrust”, fuelled by widespread claims that assessors are deliberately trying to prevent disabled people receiving the support they … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Atos, Capita, DWP, Frank Field, Heidi Allen, Maximus, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

‘Muddle’ and ‘confusion’ over DWP’s 1.6 million PIP reviews

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By John Pring Disability News Service  February 8th 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and “confusion” by refusing to clarify which disabled people will have their claims re-examined through its mammoth programme of disability benefit … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Atos, BuDS Buckingham Disability Service, Capita, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, Ester McVey, Here2Support, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

The PIP Files: Nearly one in three Capita assessments were flawed, reports reveal

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  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports completed by a private sector contractor were significantly flawed, confidential Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) documents suggest. The figures … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Slater, PIP, Sarah Newton MP, Tory, Tory. Tories | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

The PIP Files: Data shows multiple complaints made against scores of Atos assessors

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  By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Scores of healthcare professionals may have been able to continue carrying out disability benefit assessments despite being the subject of multiple complaints about their behaviour, competence and honesty, confidential new … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Assessments, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Frank Field, ICO Information Commissioners Office, John Slater | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

The PIP Files: DWP documents show ‘absolutely shocking’ failure on further evidence

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By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs and social workers that would help disabled people secure the benefits they are entitled to, confidential Department for Work and … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Slater, Paul Gray, PIP, Sarah Newton MP, Stephen Hendry, Tory, Tory. Tories | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

More than one in eight rejected PIP claims are overturned, DWP figures reveal

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 More than one in eight of all decisions to reject claims for personal independence payment (PIP) are eventually being overturned, new figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Maximus, Stephen Lloyd, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Society, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Atos nurse continues PIP assessment while claimant has ‘grand mal’ epilepsy seizures

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By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018   A nurse carrying out a disability benefit assessment fired questions at a disabled man’s wife while her husband was in the middle of a severe and prolonged series of epileptic … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Daniel Marshall, PIP, Tory. Tories | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 1 Reply

Regulators face possible action over failure to discipline lying PIP assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 The body that oversees the UK’s health and care regulators is considering taking action over their failure to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Health and Care professions Council HCPC, Mark Lucas, Nursing and Midwifery council, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)., PIP, The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | Tagged Austerity, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

Court orders Atos to pay disabled woman £5,000 over dishonest PIP assessment

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By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017   A court has ruled that a disabled woman should be awarded £5,000 compensation by the government contractor Atos, after a dishonest report by one of its assessors led to her … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Conservatives, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | Leave a reply

Assessment regime causes disabled women ‘terrifying insecurity’, MPs are told

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Image Courtesy of Winvisible   By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 A grassroots group has warned MPs that the “terrifying insecurity” caused by the government’s regime of disability benefit assessments is driving disabled women to destitution, and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Atos, Capita, DWP, Maximus, PIP, Tory. Tories, Winvisible, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Winvisible | Leave a reply

Benefit assessors ‘must be held accountable’ for report failings, MPs hear

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By John Pring Disability News Service 23rd November 2017 The healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments on behalf of the government should be held accountable for failing to report what they are told accurately, MPs have been told. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Atos, CAB, Capita, Citizens Advice Bureau, DWP, Involve North West, Maximus, PIP, Southampton Advice and Representation Centre, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 5 Replies

Labour conference: Benefit assessment nurses must be held to account, says Abrahams

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By John Pring Disability News Service September 28th 2017 Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary has called for nurses and other healthcare professionals who write misleading benefit assessment reports to be “held to account”. Debbie Abrahams said there had been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Debbie Abrahams, Disability Labour, DWP, Labour Party, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Labour, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

DWP breaks promise to stop harassing child abuse victim in run-up to trial

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  By John Pring Disability News Service August 17th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has broken its promises not to harass a traumatised benefit claimant while he waits to give vital evidence in a child abuse trial. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Conservatives, Disabled Survivors Unite, DWP, Equality Act, Human Rights, Justin Tomlinson, Maximus, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Labour MP to push for action on widespread claims of PIP assessment lies

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By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 A Labour MP is to push for a Commons debate on evidence of widespread dishonesty among healthcare professionals who assess disabled people for the government’s new personal independence payment (PIP). Disability … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DRUK, DWP, Inclusion London, Labour Party, Neil Coyle, Work and Pensions Select Committee | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Society, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 6 Replies

DWP ‘is using lost benefit assessment letters to cut spending’

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    By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is using lost appointment letters for face-to-face assessments as an excuse for turning down disabled people’s benefit claims, to help it cut … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Here2Support, MHRN, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP, Roy Bard | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DLA, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 Reply

Recordings prove PIP report ignored near-fatal attacks, overdoses and blackouts

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By John Pring Disability News Service August 10th 2017   A nurse failed to mention a disabled woman’s near-fatal asthma attacks, accidental overdoses and repeated blackouts, in one of the clearest examples yet of a dishonest benefits assessment report, secret … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, DWP, Penny Mourdant | Tagged Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

PIP investigation: 200 cases of dishonesty… and still DWP, Atos and Capita refuse to act

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By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd August 2017 The government and its private sector contractors are refusing to investigate claims of widespread dishonesty in the benefits assessment industry, despite Disability News Service (DNS) collecting more than 200 such cases. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DWP, ICO Information Commissioners Office, NMC, PIP | Tagged Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

DPAC set for week of protests over social care, Atos and access to transport

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By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists are set to lobby MPs this week on the urgency of the social care crisis, as part of a week of action that will take place across the country, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Dept of Transport, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, EHRC, Ellen Clifford | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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