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New ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘discriminates against disabled staff’

By John Pring on 28th August 2015 Category: Employment

New ‘fitness for work’ firm ‘discriminates against disabled staff’
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The controversial US outsourcing giant brought in to deliver “fitness for work” tests for the government is facing allegations that it discriminates against disabled staff, and has sacked hundreds of nurses shortly after tempting them to leave the NHS. Maximus only […]

New claims of Atos assessment lies are ‘tip of a massive iceberg’

By John Pring on 21st August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

New claims of Atos assessment lies are ‘tip of a massive iceberg’
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New evidence proves that the controversial outsourcing contractor Atos should be stripped of all of its disability benefit assessment contracts, say disabled campaigners. Fresh concerns about the behaviour of Atos and its assessors emerged after Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last […]

Atos nurse ‘lied’ about PIP claimant attending assessment alone

By John Pring on 14th August 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Atos nurse ‘lied’ about PIP claimant attending assessment alone
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A nurse working for the controversial outsourcing company Atos Healthcare repeatedly lied about a disabled man he was assessing for the government’s new disability benefit it has been claimed. The Atos assessor stated in his report that claimant Colin Stupples-Whyley had […]

PIP claimants five times more likely to face delays if tested by Atos, DWP admits

By John Pring on 31st July 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP claimants five times more likely to face delays if tested by Atos, DWP admits
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The proportion of disabled people stuck in the queue to be assessed for the government’s new disability benefit is more than five times higher in parts of the country managed by Atos Healthcare, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Department for […]

IDS breaks pledge on PIP waiting-times, as tens of thousands still queue for months

By John Pring on 30th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive, Politics

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Government ministers have broken their high-profile promise to slash all waiting-times for the new disability benefit to less than four months. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused to comment yesterday (Thursday) on the broken promise that – by the […]

Capita ready to dump scores of assessors after ‘cutting PIP backlog’

By John Pring on 23rd January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Capita ready to dump scores of assessors after ‘cutting PIP backlog’
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One of the two outsourcing giants that won contracts to assess people for the government’s new disability benefit could make a fifth of its assessment staff redundant, months after recruiting them to clear a huge claims backlog. Capita has about 400 […]

ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract

By John Pring on 31st October 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

ESA claimants set for leap ‘from frying-pan into fire’ as Maximus wins WCA contract
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The government has sparked fury after appointing a US company with a lengthy record of discrimination, incompetence and alleged fraud to take over delivery of its controversial “fitness for work” tests from the much-criticised Atos Healthcare. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed […]

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