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Daniel Donaldson, Legal Spark

Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP discrimination

May 3, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 A disabled lawyer has launched a ground-breaking legal case against

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DWP, Grahame Morris MP, John Slater, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People

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

May 3, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 3rd May 2018 Tens of thousands of disabled people could have had

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#Human Catastrophe, A.S., Assessments, Black Triangle Campaign, Black Triangle News, Capita, DWP, Human Rights, PIP

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

April 6, 2018 JJ

Reblogged with Permission of A.S. I cannot explain adequately what it is like to be terminally ill. To be told

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DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Ester McVey, Linda Burnip, Motability, PIP, WOW Campaign

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

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 Disabled campaigners have reacted to the political row over the Motability

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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)

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

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A watchdog is examining the failure of two healthcare regulators to

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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

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

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 A senior opposition MP is to write to the minister for

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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 JJ

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, Atos, Capita, DWP, Frank Field, Heidi Allen, Maximus, PIP, Tory. Tories, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

February 15, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 15th February 2018 The disability benefit assessment system is being undermined by a “pervasive

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#Human Catastrophe, Atos, BuDS Buckingham Disability Service, Capita, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, Ester McVey, Here2Support, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People

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

February 9, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is causing “muddle” and

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#Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, John Slater, PIP, Sarah Newton MP, Tory, Tory. Tories

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

February 9, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Nearly one in three of the disability benefit assessment reports

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#Human Catastrophe, Anita Bellows, Assessments, Atos, Capita, Conservatives, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DWP, Frank Field, ICO Information Commissioners Office, John Slater

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

February 8, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Scores of healthcare professionals may have been able to continue

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#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

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

February 8, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 8th 2018 Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs

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Alice Kirby, Disabled Survivors Unite (DSU), DWP

DWP breaks promise again to stop harassing abuse survivor over benefit claim

February 1, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has again broken

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Blog, Conservatives, DRUK, DWP, Ellen Clifford, Ester McVey, Inclusion London, Marsha de Cordova, PIP, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People

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

February 1, 2018 JJ

John Pring Disability News Service February 1st 2018 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised that no

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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 JJ

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 JJ

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, 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 JJ

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

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Atos, Capita, DWP, Maximus, Stephen Lloyd, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

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

January 6, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 More than one in eight of all decisions to reject

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Atos, Daniel Marshall, PIP, Tory. Tories

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

January 6, 2018 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 4th Jan 2018 A nurse carrying out a disability benefit assessment fired questions

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Frank Field, Paul Gray, PIP, Sarah Newton Minister for Disabled People, Work and Pensions Select Committee, work capability assessment (WCA); biopsychosocial model (BPS); DWP

Minister fails to back measures to protect claimants from dishonest assessors

December 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News service December 21st 2017 The minister for disabled people has refused to approve two key

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