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Originally Posted by Chris
May I be the first in this thread to invite you to provide proof that ATOS has caused the suicide of 11,500 people.
I can wait.
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Still waiting are we?
If person collecting disability benefits is declared “fit-for-work” and then the person*dies within six weeks, one might think the medical assessment was probably*faulty.* Or possibly that the person died of spite. When 200 people a week, more than 10,000 a year, die within six weeks of a “fit-for-work” diagnosis, one suspects that the entire assessment*system is faulty. If people can die from spite to the tune of 10,000 per year, the obvious question is “Whose spite is this?”
In Britain, assessment of the disabled — including fit-for-work tests — has been passed to a private company, Atos, a subsidiary of a French company. The assessment used to be done by National Health Service doctors. A family doctor, knowing the circumstances of a family, might be a bit “soft” and — in borderline cases — might err on the side of declaring a person unfit-for-wor. The Atos system uses qualified doctors and a computer aided diagnosis system to form an independent view.
With two hundred people a week dying within six weeks of a “fit for work” assessment there has been considerable criticism of*Atos*and of the Department of Work And Pensions (DWP). Michael Meacher*MP’s speech on 17 March 2013 contains a devastating analysis of failings.
Read more:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09...#ixzz2eEy02PIW