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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
Can’t find the BBC link, but here us one from the Scottish Herald.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...tampered-with/
Quote:
BENEFITS chiefs are under fire amid fears thousands of claimants may have had their health reports “tampered” with.
Almost 70,000 people who receive disability support have had their assessments “audited” by the Department for Work and Pensions since 2015.
But critics have raised concerns such audits are being carried out by officials who were not present during the initial assessment.
It comes after SNP MP Marion Fellows, who represents Motherwell and Wishaw, highlighted the case of one constituent who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
The 50-year-old had his payments stopped after an “auditor” altered sections of a nurse’s report.
The original said the man, from Motherwell, required “specialist input”, while the audited copy said he did not.
Likewise, an assessment that he “needs prompting” to prepare a meal was changed to say he could prepare a simple meal himself.
Official figures show there were 11,705 audits of Personal Independence Payments between January and August this year.
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