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Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry debate in parliament 3 Feb 2016
Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry, 18 January 2016 The Public Accounts Committee holds a session on contracted out health and disability assessments on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 2.30pm. Watch Parliament TV: Contracted out health and disability assessments … Continue reading
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Tagged disability assessments, ESA, National audit office, Parliament TV, PIP, Public Accounts committee
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Functional capacity evaluation in CFS
Abstract Background: Objective measurements of function often form the basis for legal decisions about whether a patient is fit for return to work, or conversely, entitled to disability compensation. The functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is regarded as the gold standard for measuring work capacity … Continue reading
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Tagged disability assessments, FCE, functional capacity evaluation, legal challenge, maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing
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The disturbing truth about disability assessments: a GP’s view
Two recent television programmes made public what doctors and patients already know: fitness to work assessments being conducted in the UK by the private firm Atos are unfit for purpose and damaging. Why are doctors involved in this farce, asks … Continue reading
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Tagged Atos, BMJ, disability assessments, ESA, Margaret McCartney, WCA
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