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Woman left in her own urine has benefits slashed after ‘dishonest’ assessment report

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Woman left in her own urine has benefits slashed after ‘dishonest’ assessment report
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A disabled woman left to sit in her own urine for two hours by a physiotherapist who was assessing her benefit claim has had her benefits slashed, after the assessor wrote a report she believes is full of “lies”. Disabled people […]

Woman ‘forced to sit in her own urine for two hours’ by PIP assessor

By John Pring on 15th June 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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A disabled women says she was left to sit in her own urine for nearly two hours after her plight was ignored by a healthcare professional carrying out a disability benefit assessment. Maria Lane has spoken up about the “devastating” experience […]

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