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Lobby aims to persuade MPs that DWP must First Do No Harm on assessments

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Lobby aims to persuade MPs that DWP must First Do No Harm on assessments
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Disabled activists are hoping to use a parliamentary meeting next month to persuade more MPs that action must be taken to prevent further deaths caused by the government’s much-criticised fitness for work test. The First Do No Harm lobby on 13 […]

‘Fit for work’ assessor suspended for describing examination that did not take place

By John Pring on 21st June 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

‘Fit for work’ assessor suspended for describing examination that did not take place
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An occupational therapist who carried out a “misleading” benefit assessment has been suspended for a year after regulators found she reported carrying out a physical examination of a disabled man that did not take place. Paru Vekaria has shown no remorse […]

DWP figures on ‘unacceptable’ WCA reports cast doubt on decisions made on tens of thousands of ESA claims

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures on ‘unacceptable’ WCA reports cast doubt on decisions made on tens of thousands of ESA claims
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Tens of thousands of “fitness for work” benefit claims could have been decided by civil servants on evidence from assessment reports that should have been rejected because their quality was “unacceptable”, government figures suggest. The concerns about the way Department for […]

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

By John Pring on 26th April 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

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

DWP presentation on ESA plans ‘confirms worst fears’ about green paper

By John Pring on 30th March 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP presentation on ESA plans ‘confirms worst fears’ about green paper
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Ministers have been accused of ignoring a public consultation and ploughing ahead with plans that will make their “fitness for work” testing regime even more stressful and unfair for sick and disabled people. A presentation delivered by two senior Department for […]

Questions over DWP’s further medical evidence pilot secrecy

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

Questions over DWP’s further medical evidence pilot secrecy
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing questions over why it failed to release the results of a pilot project that was supposed to correct a fatal flaw in its “fitness for work” test. DWP had promised a judge […]

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 […]

Former WCA boss free to advise Maximus on ‘fitness for work’ test within weeks

By John Pring on 16th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Former WCA boss free to advise Maximus on ‘fitness for work’ test within weeks
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The senior civil servant previously responsible for government policy on the notorious “fitness for work” test could start offering advice on the same issue to his new private sector bosses within weeks. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) suggested last […]

Concern over government’s ‘dreadful’ response to MPs’ ‘fitness for work’ report

By John Pring on 28th November 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Concern over government’s ‘dreadful’ response to MPs’ ‘fitness for work’ report
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Disabled activists have condemned the government’s latest refusal to order a major reform of its controversial “fitness for work” assessment. Four months ago, the Commons work and pensions select committee called for “fundamental redesign” of the much-criticised process used to determine […]

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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