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Old 01-10-2016, 12:52 PM #8
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****ing sense at last?

The amount of horror stories I have seen from people with 'progressive' and incurable illnesses that are reassessed year after year and often 'cured' at the assessment, to then have to fight to get what they are entitled to, then go through it all again months later..its insane.

Well done to May for tackling this.

I didn't know we had a new work and pensions secretary, and this sounds like its a step in the right direction too.

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Mr Green also refuses to repeat George Osborne’s contrast between “strivers” and “skivers” and says that reality TV shows such as Benefits Street are distorted.
Can I be hopeful for the next step to be doing away with the private companies such as atos and maximus carrying out these assessments and getting bonuses for everyone they find 'fit'? If GPs cannot be trusted (and I do understand that point of view) then at LEAST have people trained in whatever illness they are assessing. Not someone with a few weeks 'disability training' who was a midwife many moons ago, assessing mental health with the incentive of a bonus for ignoring any evidence that said claimant is actually in need. Fingers crossed.
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