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To live and die with a terminal illness in today’s Tory Britain – By A.S.

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Reblogged with Permission of A.S. I cannot explain adequately what it is like to be terminally ill. To be told that the thing that is causing you so much pain and trouble is unbeatable, that you have lost the fight … Continue reading →

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Posted in #Human Catastrophe, A.S., Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, DWP, Human Rights, PIP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Equality, Human rights, PIP, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, welfare state | 1 Reply

Motability row sparks anger and demand to use huge reserves to support customers

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have reacted to the political row over the Motability car scheme by calling for the organisation that runs it to use part of its huge financial reserves to increase … Continue reading →

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Posted in DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Ester McVey, Linda Burnip, Motability, PIP, WOW Campaign | Tagged Austerity, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, PIP, UK news | Leave a reply

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

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: 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

DWP promises no-one will lose out in huge review of 1.6 million PIP cases

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  John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no disabled people will have their benefits reduced because of its decision to review 1.6 million personal independence payment (PIP) claims. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Ester McVey, Inclusion London, Marsha de Cordova, PIP, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Labour, PIP, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 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

Minister fails to back measures to protect claimants from dishonest assessors

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By John Pring Disability News service December 21st 2017 The minister for disabled people has refused to approve two key recommendations made by the independent reviewer of its new disability benefit, which would have made it easier for claimants to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Frank Field, Paul Gray, PIP, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, 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, Labour, PIP, Politics, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a 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

PIP & ESA Benefit Exemptions from Face to Face Assessments

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  Benefit assessments – exemption to protect vulnerable patients There is a great deal of evidence about the profound distress which face-to-face assessments for disability benefits can cause, especially for women and men with mental health conditions. The prospect of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Diane Frazer, Dr Jay Watts, Hackney Community Law Centre, PIP, Winvisible, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, disability rights, DWP, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 1 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

Disabled woman takes DWP minister to court over PIP mental health changes

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By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 A disabled woman is taking work and pensions secretary David Gauke to court over “unfair and discriminatory” changes that were made to a disability benefit. There was widespread anger earlier this … Continue reading →

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Posted in Autism, Conservatives, Disability Justice Project, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Inclusion London, Linda Burnip, National Autistic Society, Penny Mourdant, PIP, Public Law Project | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Concern over government’s four-year delay on PIP ‘safety’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 Campaigners have asked why it took the government four years – and a tribunal judgement – to ensure that eligibility for a disability benefit takes proper account of whether a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Benefits and Work, DRUK, DWP, Epilepsy Action, Penny Mourdant, PIP, Tory. Tories | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Scottish politics, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

A Senior Judge Has Suggested Charging The Government For Every “No-Brainer” Benefits Case It Loses In Court

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By Emily Dugan https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/most-dwp-benefits-cases-which-reach-court-are-based-on-bad?utm_term=.vdNwjXxjE6&ref=mobile_share#.rlzN1aX1Ar Britain’s most senior tribunal judge says most of the benefits cases that reach court are based on bad decisions where the Department for Work and Pensions has no case at all. Sir Ernest Ryder, senior president … Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessments, Citizens Advice Bureau, DWP, Ernest Ryder, PIP, Sir Henry Brooke | Tagged Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, Equality, Human rights, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

PIP investigation: Hundreds give evidence of assessment failings to MPs

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  By John Pring Disability News Service  2nd November 2017   Scores of disabled people and welfare advisers have told a Commons inquiry that disability benefit assessment reports completed on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions are filled … Continue reading →

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Posted in Debbie Abrahams, Disability Labour, DWP, PIP, Work and Pensions Select Committee | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Labour, PIP, Politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

Advisor says 30 local claimants with terminal cancer had PIP rejections overturned

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  By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017   A welfare rights advisor has described how at least 30 local benefit claimants with terminal cancer have had their claims rejected in the last year, with every one of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disability Solutions West Midlands, DWP, Penny Mordaunt, PIP, Tory. Tories | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Conservatives, cuts, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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