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information from a DWP insider claiming that people who are due to have their employment and support allowance (ESA) award reassessed in the coming months will now have that assessment deferred for a full two years.
On Monday news broke that current employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants will be left on the benefit, without further medical checks, until another company can be found to carry out repeat work capability assessments (WCAs). The DWP stopped referring claimants to Atos for repeat medicals with effect from 20 January 2013.
The change does not apply to IB to ESA transfers or to people who report a change of circumstances, such as a worsening of their condition. It will also not apply to anyone who has already been referred to Atos or to those who have made a new claim for ESA, as those assessments will still take place. further information from a mole within the DWP on how deferment works.
One unpublished section of the memo states that:
“Scans will be run from 18 January to identify and defer Employment and Support Allowance repeat referrals. The impact of this should be seen from 20 January.
“The scans will be managed centrally and will result in a reduction in the number of Work Available Reports.”
The DWP mole informs media that the scan has caused reassessments due in late January through February to be moved on by two years. The same scan is due to be run each month throughout the year. Each time, all those due to be reassessed will be given a two year deferral. So someone due to be sent back to Atos on 1 February 2014, for example, will not now be re-examined until 1 February 2016.
The revelation is clear evidence of just how long the DWP really expects it to take to clear the massive backlog of WCAs built up under Atos.
It is also evidence of the extreme heartlessness of the DWP. The memo in question makes it clear that claimants should not be told about the deferral of their reassessment. Instead, the intention is to leave people for years dreading that brown envelope dropping through their letterbox and constantly wondering why it hasn't arrived yet.
so do we now think hopefully the wca will be scrapped until a fit for purpose assessment can be devised tailored to the customer instead of the stupid standard one at present?
Although ATOS are trying their best to exit the WCA. Please be aware they have setup another firm which does the same. That Company name is OH Assist. They have a website - http://www.ohassist.com/. I smell them trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
Did you know ATOS Process card payments for a lot of well know companies, such as premier inn, travelodge, Accor hotels, kwik fit, red spotted hanky, ihg hotels to name a few, so please bear in mind every time you spend money at these firms ATOS are there and they know what your spending habits are, how do we know they are not using this info to build a case against the client. Remember premier inn also has other retail outlets such as brewers fayre, table table, beefeater, costa coffee, and plenty more. ATOS should be barred from trading in the UK. JUst last year ATOS Worldline changed its name as it was riddled with debt and re-registered so if could continue trading. It's credit rating is very very poor so our taxes are keeping this company alive. They only sponsor major events to keep the government and the public sweet.
On Monday news broke that current employment and support allowance (ESA) claimants will be left on the benefit, without further medical checks, until another company can be found to carry out repeat work capability assessments (WCAs). The DWP stopped referring claimants to Atos for repeat medicals with effect from 20 January 2013.
The change does not apply to IB to ESA transfers or to people who report a change of circumstances, such as a worsening of their condition. It will also not apply to anyone who has already been referred to Atos or to those who have made a new claim for ESA, as those assessments will still take place. further information from a mole within the DWP on how deferment works.
One unpublished section of the memo states that:
“Scans will be run from 18 January to identify and defer Employment and Support Allowance repeat referrals. The impact of this should be seen from 20 January.
“The scans will be managed centrally and will result in a reduction in the number of Work Available Reports.”
The DWP mole informs media that the scan has caused reassessments due in late January through February to be moved on by two years. The same scan is due to be run each month throughout the year. Each time, all those due to be reassessed will be given a two year deferral. So someone due to be sent back to Atos on 1 February 2014, for example, will not now be re-examined until 1 February 2016.
The revelation is clear evidence of just how long the DWP really expects it to take to clear the massive backlog of WCAs built up under Atos.
It is also evidence of the extreme heartlessness of the DWP. The memo in question makes it clear that claimants should not be told about the deferral of their reassessment. Instead, the intention is to leave people for years dreading that brown envelope dropping through their letterbox and constantly wondering why it hasn't arrived yet.
so do we now think hopefully the wca will be scrapped until a fit for purpose assessment can be devised tailored to the customer instead of the stupid standard one at present?
Although ATOS are trying their best to exit the WCA. Please be aware they have setup another firm which does the same. That Company name is OH Assist. They have a website - http://www.ohassist.com/. I smell them trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
Did you know ATOS Process card payments for a lot of well know companies, such as premier inn, travelodge, Accor hotels, kwik fit, red spotted hanky, ihg hotels to name a few, so please bear in mind every time you spend money at these firms ATOS are there and they know what your spending habits are, how do we know they are not using this info to build a case against the client. Remember premier inn also has other retail outlets such as brewers fayre, table table, beefeater, costa coffee, and plenty more. ATOS should be barred from trading in the UK. JUst last year ATOS Worldline changed its name as it was riddled with debt and re-registered so if could continue trading. It's credit rating is very very poor so our taxes are keeping this company alive. They only sponsor major events to keep the government and the public sweet.
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