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#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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“I cannot believe that so many people across the UK are planning to vote for such a hard, uncaring Tory Government – and that so many others will simply stand back and not vote at all” ~ Surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP)

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Posted in #CripTheVoteUK, Access To work, Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Boycott Workfare, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, CRPD, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, GE17, GE2017, General Election, General Medical Council, General Practice, GP, Human Rights, Ian Duncan Smith, NHS, Penny Mourdant, Penny Mourdaunt, PIP, PIP Deaths, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, Shaping our Lives, SNP, Social Care, Tories, Tory, UC, UN, United Nations, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP, Work Programme | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Black Triangle, Black Triangle Campaign, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, Iain Duncan Smith, John Pring, Labour, PIP, Scotland, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment, Workfare, Yes Scotland | Leave a reply

‘Fitness for work’ test has led to deterioration in mental health, say researchers

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By John Pring Disability News Service March 16th 2017 Disabled activists have welcomed “timely” new research that concludes that the government’s “fitness for work” process has caused a deterioration in many people’s mental health which they have failed to recover … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conservatives, Damien Green, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, UKCRPD, UN, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Austerity, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, John Pring, Scotland, Scottish politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

#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

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Abstract Background In England between 2010 and 2013, just over one million recipients of the main out-of-work disability benefit had their eligibility reassessed using a new functional checklist—the Work Capability Assessment. Doctors and disability rights organisations have raised concerns that … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Blog, Conservatives, Damien Green, Disability Discrimination, DRUK, DWP, Maximus, MHRN, NHS, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, Suicide Crisis, UKCRPD, UN, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, disability rights, DWP, Human rights, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

Watchdog refuses to withdraw report to UN that omits benefit deaths evidence

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By John Pring Disability News service 23rd February 2017 The equality and human rights watchdog has refused to withdraw its report to the UN on the implementation of its disability convention, despite omitting vital information that links government ministers with … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, CRPD, Damien Green, Disability Wales, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Human Rights, Inclusion Scotland, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, UKCRPD, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, Scottish politics, UK news, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

UN report failure on benefit deaths by national DPOs ‘is extreme insult to activists’

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd February 2017   A crucial report submitted to the United Nations by three national disabled people’s organisations has been criticised for failing to speak out strongly enough on the links between the … Continue reading →

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Posted in CRPD, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, EHRC, Inclusion Scotland, Scottish Mental Welfare Commission, UKCRPD, UN | Tagged Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, Disabled People Against Cuts, DNS, DWP, Human rights, Politics, Scotland, Scottish politics, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

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