Benefit Deaths – Black Triangle Campaign

#Human Catastrophe, Dr Paul Litchfield, DWP, Micheal O'Sullivan, Prof Malcolm Harrington, Stephen Carre, WCA Deaths

DWP ‘failed to show WCA reviewer evidence of links to benefit deaths’

April 26, 2018April 28, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions appears to have admitted failing

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#Human Catastrophe, Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Black Triangle Campaign, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, Inclusion London, MHRN, Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, Recovery in the Bin, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), UC, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’

April 26, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 26th April 2018 The national membership body for GPs is facing calls for it

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DWP, ICO, Jodey Whiting, Joy Dove, SNP

Mother of ESA suicide woman pledges to continue fight for justice

April 19, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 The mother of a woman who killed herself after being wrongly

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Black Triangle Campaign, Class War Scotland, DPAC Glasgow, Jodey Whiting, Joy Dove, Marion Nisbet, SNP

Mother of ESA suicide mum-of-nine praises activist for confronting McVey

April 19, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 19th April 2018 The mother of a woman who killed herself after her disability

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The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Holmey

The Nazis’ First Victims Were Disabled People ~ By Kenny Fries in The New York Times : ‘I first

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Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Dependability Ltd, DWP, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Isle of Man set to scrap its ‘fitness for work’ test

April 12, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 12th April 2018 Ministers on the Isle of Man are to scrap their version

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Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Abrahams, DRUK, Inclusion London, John McArdle, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Maggie Zolobajluk, Mo Stewart, ROFA

Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings

February 15, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit

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#Human Catastrophe, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), DWP, Professor Louis Appleby, Social Care, Tory, Tory. Tories, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Government’s suicide prevention boss refuses to call for action on ESA risk stats

February 9, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The head of the government’s national suicide prevention strategy has refused

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DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Keith Walker, Marsha de Cordova, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate

February 1, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister

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Deidre Brock, Labour Party, Marsha de Cordova, Sarah Newton MP

PIP Back Payment Debate Today

January 30, 2018 Holmey

PIP Back Payments Commons Debate Tuesday 30th January 2018 Previous PIP Back Payments 30 January 2018 1.52 pm Marsha De

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#Human Catastrophe, NatCen, Sally McManus, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

MPs refuse to explain failure to quiz minister on ESA suicide stats

January 11, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Nine MPs on a Commons committee are refusing to explain why

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#Human Catastrophe, Anne McGuire, Black Triangle Campaign, Blog, Catherine Hale, Chronic Illness Inclusion Project, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Ester McVey, Human Rights, ILF Fund, John McArdle, Linda Burnip, PIP Deaths, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, Tory. Tories, UNCRPD, United Nations, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Backlash over ‘terrible insult’ of McVey’s DWP appointment

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 11th January 2018 Campaigners have reacted furiously to the decision to appoint

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Avon and Somerset Police, Bijan Ebrahimi, Bristol and South West Disabled People Against Cuts (BSWDPAC), Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Disability Hate Crime Network, Katharine Quarmby

Murdered disabled refugee ‘was repeatedly failed by council and police’

December 22, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A disabled refugee who was murdered after years of racist

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Department of Health (DH), National Suicide Prevention Alliance, Samaritans

Samaritans refuses to criticise government over suicide report’s ESA failings

December 22, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 A mental health charity has refused to criticise the government for

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Dr Gordon Waddell, Dr Paul Litchfield, Professor Nicholas Watson, Professor Sir Mansel Aylward, Professor Tom Shakespeare, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Expert chosen by DWP appears to suggest scrapping ‘fitness for work’ test

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 The occupational health expert chosen by the government to review its

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Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Denise McKenna, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, Frank Field, John McArdle, Linda Burnip, MHRN, Mo Stewart, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Fury over MPs’ refusal to quiz minister on ‘staggering’ WCA suicide figures

December 22, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service December 21st 2017 “Furious” disabled campaigners have attacked MPs on a Commons committee

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#Human Catastrophe, Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Anita Bellows, Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, David Gawke, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Dr Jay Watts, DWP, John McArdle

Shocking’ NHS stats show nearly half ESA claimants have attempted suicide

December 1, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service November 30th 2017 “Shocking” NHS statistics have revealed that almost half of the people

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Conservatives, disAbility Cornwall & lsles of Scilly, Penny Mordaunt, Peter Beresford, Sarah Newton MP, Shaping our Lives, UN, UNCRPD, WCA Deaths, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

New minister for disabled people criticised by her local DPO over voting record

November 17, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 The new minister for disabled people is facing criticism over her

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Black Triangle Campaign, John McArdle, Johnathan Ashworth, Labour Party, Peter Beresford, Shaping our Lives, Social Care

Research linking care cuts to 120,000 deaths ‘is fresh evidence austerity kills’

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 16th November 2017 “Indisputable” new research has linked government cuts in adult social care

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Access To work, Bob Williams Findlay, Debbie Jolly, Disability Labour, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Eleanor Firman., Ellen Clifford, Robert Dellar, Sophie Partridge, StopChanges2AtW campaign

Disabled people ‘will go into government alongside Labour’, says McDonnell

November 10, 2017 Holmey

By John Pring Disability News Service 9th November 2017 Disabled people and their organisations will “determine” and “implement” the

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