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PIP investigation: Claimant seeks judicial review over assessment flaws

By John Pring on 2nd March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: Claimant seeks judicial review over assessment flaws
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A disabled woman is seeking a judicial review by the high court of the errors she says were made in dealing with her claim for personal independence payment (PIP), and which she believes put her life at risk. Angela Kennedy, from […]

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

By John Pring on 23rd February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: Capita made me a scapegoat, says disgraced assessor
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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 to be assessing, according to a disgraced former assessor. Paramedic Alan […]

PIP claimant who took her own life had written about unfair assessment report

By John Pring on 23rd February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP claimant who took her own life had written about unfair assessment report
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A disabled woman who took her own life after being told she had lost a benefits appeal had written a letter to civil servants describing the unfairness of the face-to-face assessment that had led to her losing her support. The Department […]

PIP investigation: Woman took her own life two days after learning of failed PIP appeal

By John Pring on 16th February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: Woman took her own life two days after learning of failed PIP appeal
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A disabled woman who lost her disability benefits because of a controversial reassessment process took her own life just two days after being told her appeal had failed. The body of Susan Margaret Roberts (pictured) was discovered by a care worker […]

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

By John Pring on 16th February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: 100 cases, and still DWP refuses to accept the dishonest truth
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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 collected 100 cases where such allegations have been made. Disabled […]

PIP investigation: MPs to consider assessment dishonesty claims

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: MPs to consider assessment dishonesty claims
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An influential committee of MPs is to examine claims of widespread dishonesty by healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of disability benefit claimants. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) published the results of a two-month investigation that suggested a serious, […]

PIP investigation: Welfare expert says two-thirds of appeals involve lying assessors

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: Welfare expert says two-thirds of appeals involve lying assessors
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Welfare rights experts have produced evidence that backs up the findings of a Disability News Service (DNS) investigation into the lies told by healthcare professionals in their disability benefit assessment reports. Last week, the two-month investigation revealed how assessors working for […]

PIP investigation: ‘Lie after lie after lie’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP investigation: ‘Lie after lie after lie’
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Many more disabled people have come forward to describe how the healthcare professionals who assessed them for the government’s new disability benefit lied in the reports they compiled. Their evidence further confirms the results of a two-month Disability News Service (DNS) […]

PIP INVESTIGATION: Assessment reports show widespread dishonesty by nurses

By John Pring on 26th January 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP INVESTIGATION: Assessment reports show widespread dishonesty by nurses
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Healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of benefit claimants have lied, ignored written evidence and dishonestly reported the results of physical examinations, according to a two-month Disability News Service (DNS) investigation. The investigation has compiled evidence from more than 20 […]

PIP INVESTIGATION: Politicians call for action over ‘widespread dishonesty by assessors’

By John Pring on 26th January 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

PIP INVESTIGATION: Politicians call for action over ‘widespread dishonesty by assessors’
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Labour, the Green party and the Liberal Democrats have called for the government to act on claims of widespread dishonesty by the medical professionals paid to compile benefits assessment reports, following a two-month investigation by Disability News Service (DNS). The three […]

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