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DWP assessment contracts will see another £2 billion handed to outsourcing giants

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP assessment contracts will see another £2 billion handed to outsourcing giants
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to hand profit-making organisations another £2 billion to assess disabled people for their benefits over just five years, government documents have revealed. The new details are contained in a contract notice published […]

Prospect of Atos ‘fitness for work’ contract return horrifies activists

By John Pring on 16th September 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Prospect of Atos ‘fitness for work’ contract return horrifies activists
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Disabled activists reacted with horror this week after learning that the discredited government contractor Atos could soon be carrying out “fitness for work” tests again, six years after withdrawing from its assessment contract. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is […]

DWP’s ‘excruciating PIP assessment torture’ helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled mum

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP’s ‘excruciating PIP assessment torture’ helped cause my son’s suicide, says disabled mum
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A young disabled man took his own life, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions slashed his benefits, despite being warned he was severely depressed, malnourished, could not face leaving his flat, and had made several suicide attempts. The […]

Atos, Capita and Maximus ‘send almost no safeguarding referrals to councils’

By John Pring on 15th April 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Atos, Capita and Maximus ‘send almost no safeguarding referrals to councils’
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A trio of outsourcing companies that have faced repeated criticism over their links to deaths and serious harm caused to disabled benefit claimants have made almost no attempts in the last year to alert local authorities to serious safeguarding concerns. Responses […]

Pandemic backlog means PIP claimants could lose support while waiting in queue

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Pandemic backlog means PIP claimants could lose support while waiting in queue
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Claimants of disability benefits who successfully overturned decisions at tribunal are being told their support could be cut off, because of a shortage of assessment professionals and a backlog of claims caused by the pandemic. Claimants of personal independence payment (PIP) […]

Atos pays out for negligent PIP assessment after visit from debt enforcement officers

By John Pring on 4th March 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Atos pays out for negligent PIP assessment after visit from debt enforcement officers
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A court has forced a discredited government contractor to pay £2,500 compensation to a disabled woman, after a negligent disability benefit assessment left her in debt and experiencing significant mental distress. Atos, which failed to defend the case, originally ignored the […]

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP

By John Pring on 18th February 2021 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Audio recording option set to be introduced for all PIP assessments, says DWP
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally agreed that all disabled people being assessed for personal independence payment (PIP) will be able to have their face-to-face assessments recorded. The promise has come in a letter to the Right to […]

NHS trust, regulator and Atos all apologise over nurse’s dishonest PIP assessment

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

NHS trust, regulator and Atos all apologise over nurse’s dishonest PIP assessment
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An NHS trust, the nursing regulator and a government contractor have all been forced to apologise over their failure to carry out proper investigations into a nurse who dishonestly assessed a disabled teenager’s eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP). The Nursing […]

‘Heartless’ Coffey’s duty of care claim ‘sticks fingers up to benefit death families’

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Heartless’ Coffey’s duty of care claim ‘sticks fingers up to benefit death families’
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Therese Coffey has been accused of “sticking her fingers up” at every family whose relative has died because of the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), after she claimed that her department has no “duty of care” to […]

Hundreds dying every year after PIP rejections, and number may even be rising

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Hundreds dying every year after PIP rejections, and number may even be rising
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Hundreds of disabled people are continuing to die every year after having their claims for disability benefits rejected, new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures have revealed. The figures show that, in just two years, 1,700 disabled people died within […]

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