McGregors Den of mindless patter
So`called fit 4work assessments decisions are overturned mainly because the assessor and decision maker dwp get it wrong ; costs of appeals / tribunal services hm cts costs millions of taxpayers money ; this was never about saving money weeding out fraudsters never about any of that;
Violent bureacrazy
“That is why we talk about a democratic deficit in outsourced public services, the costs of which have rocketed since 2010 to almost £120 billion, covering vast swathes of services that we all rely on.
“What exactly is the point in setting targets if the public cannot see whether they are being achieved?
“A supplier could manipulate the data
Since 2008 Atos Healthcare on behalf of the government has been assessing and discounting the disabled at a rate of over 3,000 per day and 800,000 per year.
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Nhs replaced ???
Nearly a million employees a year reach the four-week sickness absence point ï‚· The State spends around £13bn a year on health-related benefits and £2bn a year in healthcare, sick pay reimbursement and foregone taxes ï‚· Employers face an annual bill of around £9bn for sick pay and associated costs
A tax exemption of up to £500 a year per employee on medical treatments recommended by Fit for Work or an employer-arranged occupational health service will be introduced. Without such tax exemption, the payment would be treated as a taxable benefit in kind, liable to income tax and employer National Insurance contributions.
The state spends around £12 billion a year on health-related benefits and £2 billion a year in healthcare and foregone taxes.
Employers face an annual bill of around £9 billion for sick pay and associated costs.
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April 2010 and April 2019, DWP paid its three PIP and WCA contractors – Atos, Capita and Maximus – nearly £2.3 billion over nine years, although significant sums were not spent on PIP assessments until 2014-15.
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Student Bursary Support Service (SBSS). The contract is anticipated to operate for three academic years, beginning in 2019, with a total contract value of £5.2 million, excluding VAT, with the potential of a two year extension.
Procurement categories include:
Build back better now the unemployed get a taste
DWP, Atos and Capita all refused to launch an investigation into the claims of widespread dishonesty.
An investigation into the treatment of a man who was denied benefits despite being seriously ill and weighing 38kg (6st) before his death has found the Department for Work and Pensions “followed policy”.
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The internal DWP review ordered by Amber Rudd found that the department missed “crucial safeguarding opportunities” but that “policy guidance was followed” in Stephen Smith’s case.
Thousands have died after being found fit for work
July 2, 2019 - Exclusive: Ministers accused of 'failing people at the most vulnerable point in their lives' after it emerges nine disability claimants die each day while waiting for decisions on disability support
More than 17,000 sick and disabled people have died while waiting for welfare benefits, figures show
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been blamed for causing the death of a disabled man whose partner had warned he was too ill to undergo an upcoming benefit assessment that had left him “distraught” and “devastated”.
Nearly 10,000 people claiming benefits died in the space of a little over two years, after being declared fit for work, according to new figures.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed that over 21,000 sick and disabled people died waiting for it to give them benefits. That’s nearly 12 people a day dying, waiting for a decision over their claims.
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The father of a man who took his own life after being found “fit for work” believes his son would still be alive if he had not been failed by the benefits system the government and its contractor, Atos.
Stephen Carre, 41, from Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, died in January 2010, after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) confirmed its decision that he was ineligible for its new out-of-work benefit, employment and support allowance (ESA).
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Saving tax payers money wasted a thousand times over with outsourcing contracts ; in terms saving money at what cost to lifes; disabled sick people ; dead and the goverment carrys on regardless awarding atos capita maximus with tax payers money as though they have done no harm
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