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NHS trust, regulator and Atos all apologise over nurse’s dishonest PIP assessment

By John Pring on 1st October 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

NHS trust, regulator and Atos all apologise over nurse’s dishonest PIP assessment
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An NHS trust, the nursing regulator and a government contractor have all been forced to apologise over their failure to carry out proper investigations into a nurse who dishonestly assessed a disabled teenager’s eligibility for personal independence payment (PIP). The Nursing […]

Nursing body failed to deal fairly with PIP assessment complaints, says regulator

By John Pring on 2nd May 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Nursing body failed to deal fairly with PIP assessment complaints, says regulator
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A regulator has found widespread mishandling by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of complaints it has received about the way nurses working for government contractors have carried out disability benefit assessments. In an annual review of the NMC, the Professional […]

Watchdog’s ‘issues of concern’ over regulator’s treatment of PIP complaints

By John Pring on 19th July 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Watchdog’s ‘issues of concern’ over regulator’s treatment of PIP complaints
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A regulator has been told there are “issues of concern” about the way it deals with complaints against health and care professionals, including those who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) agreed in January to look at […]

Regulators face possible action over failure to discipline lying PIP assessors

By John Pring on 21st December 2017 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Regulators face possible action over failure to discipline lying PIP assessors
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The body that oversees the UK’s health and care regulators is considering taking action over their failure to punish nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists who write dishonest benefit assessment reports. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is to look next month at whether […]

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