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Confidentiality concerns over DWP’s pledge to videotape PIP assessments

By John Pring on 7th June 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Confidentiality concerns over DWP’s pledge to videotape PIP assessments
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Campaigners have raised serious concerns about government plans to video-record all face-to-face assessments for personal independence payment (PIP). The move, which will begin with a pilot project, before being rolled out across the country, was announced this week by the minister […]

COMMENT: Seeking claimants to take legal cases over PIP dishonesty

By John Pring on 11th May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

COMMENT: Seeking claimants to take legal cases over PIP dishonesty
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UPDATE: BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PIP CLAIMANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH (MORE THAN 100), PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE CASES TO DNS. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN TOUCH. THERE WILL BE A FURTHER UPDATE […]

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

By John Pring on 3rd May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures suggest tens of thousands of PIP claims could have been decided on ‘unacceptable’ assessment reports
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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 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures suggest that civil servants may […]

DWP agrees to record PIP assessments but response to MPs’ report still ‘falls far short’

By John Pring on 26th April 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP agrees to record PIP assessments but response to MPs’ report still ‘falls far short’
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The government has given a mixed response to a report by a committee of MPs that concluded that the disability benefit assessment system was being undermined by a “pervasive culture of mistrust”. Ministers have agreed in their response to make the […]

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit assessment system undermined by culture of mistrust, say MPs
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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 are entitled to, according to a committee of MPs. The […]

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

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit assessment report welcomed, but concern over ‘preventable harm’ failings
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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 “preventable harm” caused by the system. The report by the […]

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

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

The PIP Files: Senior MP to write to minister over ‘devastating’ revelations
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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 their “shocking” failings in delivering disability benefit assessments. Stephen Lloyd, […]

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

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog begins probe into failure of regulators to punish lying PIP assessors
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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 about the way regulators deal with complaints about nurses, physiotherapists […]

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

By John Pring on 8th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

The PIP Files: DWP documents show ‘absolutely shocking’ failure on further evidence
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Outsourcing companies have been failing to request vital evidence from GPs and social workers that would help disabled people secure the benefits they are entitled to, confidential Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) documents have revealed. The “absolutely shocking” reports, released […]

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

By John Pring on 8th February 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

The PIP Files: Data shows multiple complaints made against scores of Atos assessors
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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 documents have revealed. The official reports, prepared by outsourcing giants Capita […]

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