Dr Jay Watts

April 26, 2018 0

Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’

The national membership body for GPs is facing calls for it to denounce government attempts to persuade doctors to “coerce” patients with serious health conditions back into work. More than 90 campaigners and concerned health professionals have sent a joint letter to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), asking the organisation to distance

Employment

Hundreds of white flowers lying on grass

December 7, 2017 0

Improving Lives: Fears over strategy’s ‘unacceptable’ work and health links

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The government’s “cruel” and “unacceptable” emphasis on linking health and job outcomes in its new work, health and disability strategy will have a significant negative impact on people in mental distress, say campaigners and experts. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health released their joint 10-year Improving Lives strategy

Employment

December 7, 2017 0

Improving Lives: Ministers back down on ‘mandatory’ activity for ESA support group

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Ministers have backed down – at least temporarily – from plans to force all sick and disabled people on out-of-work disability benefits to take part in compulsory work-related activity. There was an outcry among disabled campaigners last year when the government’s work, health and disability green paper suggested that claimants of employment and support

Benefits and Poverty

November 30, 2017 0

‘Shocking’ NHS stats show nearly half ESA claimants have attempted suicide

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“Shocking” NHS statistics have revealed that almost half of the people claiming the main out-of-work disability benefit in England have attempted suicide at some point in their life. The figures, showing rates of self-harm among claimants of employment and support allowance (ESA), were published by NHS Digital in September 2016, but have apparently never

Benefits and Poverty

March 9, 2017

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Maximus ‘admits’ using brutal and dangerous suicide questions

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One of the outsourcing giants paid to assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits appears to have admitted that it is standard practice – approved by the government – to ask claimants with mental health conditions why they failed to take their own lives. A leading clinical psychologist has warned this week that

Browsing: Dr Jay Watts

Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’

Improving Lives: Fears over strategy’s ‘unacceptable’ work and health links

Improving Lives: Ministers back down on ‘mandatory’ activity for ESA support group

‘Shocking’ NHS stats show nearly half ESA claimants have attempted suicide

Maximus ‘admits’ using brutal and dangerous suicide questions