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DWP figures suggest tens of thousands of PIP claims could have been decided on ‘unacceptable’ assessment reports

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018   Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had their disability benefit claims decided on evidence from assessment reports that were of “unacceptable” poor quality, government figures suggest. The … Continue reading →

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Posted in DWP, Grahame Morris MP, John Slater, 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, Welfare | Leave a reply

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

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 report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings

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By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have welcomed a report by MPs on disability benefit assessments, which they say highlights “serious multiple failures”, but many believe it should have done more to highlight the serious … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle Campaign, Debbie Abrahams, DRUK, Inclusion London, John McArdle, John McDonnell, Labour Party, Lib Dems, Maggie Zolobajluk, Mo Stewart, ROFA | Tagged Atos, Austerity, Benefit Deaths, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Politics, Scottish politics, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | 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

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

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

DWP rejects PIP claimant’s appeal… before she receives decision notice

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By John Pring Disability News Service August 24th 2017 Fresh concerns have been raised about the integrity of the disability benefits system, after a disabled woman’s appeal against having her benefits removed was rejected before she was even told her … Continue reading →

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Posted in Capita, DWP, PIP | Tagged Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a 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

Rebranding of ‘toxic’ Atos will fail, activists promise

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017   The “toxic” government contractor Atos has been accused of trying to create a smokescreen to hide its past failures and “appalling reputation”, after quietly announcing that it is changing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, DWP, EHRC, Gail Ward, Human Rights, John McArdle, Paul Gray | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Black Triangle Campaign, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, Equality, Human rights, John Pring, PIP, Politics, UNCRPD, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

There are 13 million disabled people in Britain. If we don’t vote together, the DWP will tighten the screws on us

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  Reblogged from Independant Journalist James Moore April 21st 2017 Scope, the charity for disabled people, tweeted an interesting number when the general election was announced. There are, it said, 13 million disabled people in Britain. Some 89 per cent have said … Continue reading →

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Posted in Black Triangle News, Blog, Capita, Independant, James Moore | Tagged Benefits, Capita, Comment, Disability, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, GE 2017, Politics, Poverty, Society, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

PIP investigation: Claimant group tell MPs of ‘systemic malpractice’ by assessors

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By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017   A group of nine disabled people with the same rare neurological condition have written to MPs to warn of “systemic malpractice” by healthcare professionals who carry out benefit assessments and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, PIP | Tagged Atos, Benefits, Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, PIP, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 3 Replies

PIP investigation: MPs’ evidence session confirms concerns, but dodges dishonesty claims

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 9th March 2017   Nearly nine in 10 Citizens Advice offices have reported problems with the accuracy of personal independence payment (PIP) assessment reports, MPs have been told. An urgent session of the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Benefit Resolutions, Citizens Advice Bureau, Conservatives, Damien Green, DWP, Penny Mourdant, PIP, SARC, Work and Pensions Select Committee, Z2K | Tagged Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DNS, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform, Work Capability Assessment | Leave a reply

PIP investigation: ‘Horrific’ suicide question sparks fresh assessment inquiry calls

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  By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 There are fresh calls for an inquiry into the way the government assesses eligibility for a key disability benefit, after claimants with mental health conditions described how they had been … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alice Kirby, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, Disabled Survivors Unite, DWP | Tagged Atos, Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Welfare Reform | 2 Replies

PIP investigation: Capita made me a scapegoat, says disgraced assessor

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Bu John Pring Disability News Service 23rd February 2017   Healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefits assessments for the government complete as much as 60 per cent of their reports before they meet the disabled person they are supposed … Continue reading →

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Posted in Capita, CH4 Dispatches, Channel 4, DWP | Tagged Benefits, Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, Welfare, Welfare Reform | 3 Replies

PIP investigation: 100 cases, and still DWP refuses to accept the dishonest truth

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By John Pring Disability News Service 16th February 2017 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has denied there is any dishonesty among the healthcare professionals who carry out its benefits assessments, even though Disability News Service (DNS) has now … Continue reading →

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Posted in Atos, Capita, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, Motobility, PIP | Tagged Atos, Capita, Disability, Disability News Service, Disability Politics, disability rights, DWP, John Pring, UK news, Welfare, Welfare Reform | Leave a reply

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