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Caron Lindsay

ATOS lose monopoly on work capability assessments after audit shows up “unacceptable” standards

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 23rd July 2013 - 1:29 pm

Those of us who are concerned about the fairness of the welfare system often cite the Work Capability Assessment, which claimants of Employment and Support Allowance are required to take. It seems that every few days there’s a story in the press reporting how someone has been marked fit for work when it is clearly inappropriate to do so. Yesterday the Daily Record carried the story of a woman who lived just a couple of miles away from me who was told she was fit for work weeks before she died of a brain tumour.

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