Anti-Benefit Cuts Leafleting Glasgow Monday 24th January 3pm-4pm
Martin O'Neill | 20.01.2011 00:57 | Social Struggles
Medical professionals with no experience of mental health problems, for example, are only given a matter of days training before making assessments of claimants. They are paid substantially more than NHS doctors and nurses for leaving their ethical concerns at the door. ATOS claim that they do not make the decision as to whether someone can work and have their benefits reduced, but that the decision is made by the DWP from their report and that performance targets are based simply on the number of claimants seen in a day. However they admit that if a medical professional passes all claimants for disability benefits it will not go unnoticed.
We will be giving out leaflets advising claimants on how to deal with the medical examination:
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Martin O'Neill