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PIP & ESA assessments inquiry – how to take part
Work and Pensions Committee PIP and ESA Assessments inquiry Now accepting written submissions; the deadline is Friday 10 November 2017. Scope of the inquiry: The Committee invites evidence on the effectiveness of assessment processes used to determine eligibility for Personal … Continue reading
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Tagged Benefits assessments, consultation, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Personal Independence Payment, PIP, Work and Pensions Committee
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PIP investigation – widespread dishonesty of nurse assessors
Disability news service, by John Pring, 26 January 2017: PIP INVESTIGATION: Assessment reports show widespread dishonesty by nurses Healthcare professionals who carry out face-to-face assessments of benefit claimants have lied, ignored written evidence and dishonestly reported the results of physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, Benefits assessments, Capita, Department of Work and Pensions, Disability news service, DWP, John Pring
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How does it feel to be assessed?
How does it feel to be assessed? a paper from the Centre for welfare reform, by Chris Akers, November 2016 There is insufficient attention given to the price people pay for having to go through assessments of need within the modern welfare … Continue reading
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PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
Disability Rights UK blog post, 29 July 2016: PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard A significant new legal judgment holds that while someone may ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not … Continue reading
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Undercover TV programme reveals PIP assessment horrors
The great benefits row: Ade Adepitan reveals disturbing sides to the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit. Dispatches goes undercover in Capita, a 4 billion pound company who assess the disabled for benefits, and discovers unprofessional conduct from one of … Continue reading
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Standard of ESA & PIP assessments unacceptable says Public Accounts Committee
Disability Rights UK article, 31 March 2016: Standard of ESA and PIP assessments unacceptable says Public Accounts Committee The private companies carrying out Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) assessments are still failing to meet acceptable … Continue reading
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CFS/ME guidance for benefits assessors
The Department for Work and Pensions have published a new version of their ME/CFS training document for health care professionals carrying out benefit assessments. The 50-page document was published on 28 May 2014 and can be downloaded from the MEA website. … Continue reading
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