Forthcoming ATOS assessment.

[des8]

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My wife received the DWP letter today stating shes going onto the new benefit after the atos assessment same money etc just another name for her benefit.Nowhere in the letter does the word ATOS appear strange that proves that if your genuine you have nothing to fear from the exam

Hi Wales, that sounds good news.
Presumably "Employment and Support Allowance" is the new benefit mentioned.
Have they said if your wife will be given the extra support needed to look for work, or have they confirmed she will not be expected to look for work?

[CleverClogs]

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Have they said if your wife will be given the extra support needed to look for work

msl: :rofl:

[wales01man]

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they said she could see an advisor will go if asked but if they could find a job and employer who would take her on they woukd be a miracle worker no insurance would cover her in any job

[bluebottle]

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Trouble is, Cloggy, people are put in the Work-Related Activities Group (WRAG) when they should really be put in the Support Group. The group of claimants who get discriminated against in this matter the most are those with conditions like Hypermobility Syndrome (HMS), Fibromyalgia (FMS) and a number of other variable conditions.

[bluebottle]

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they said she could see an advisor will go if asked but if they could find a job and employer who would take her on they woukd be a miracle worker no insurance would cover her in any job

In a lot of cases, Wales, employers do not understand the implications of employing people with certain medical conditions and, in some cases, their Employer's Liability Insurance does not cover them. Some JCP Claimant Advisors really do need a good hard kick up the backside and a very stark lesson in the consequences of their reckless and thoughtless actions.

[charitynjw]

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Let's hope Cait Riley is successful in Supreme Court.

[Inca]

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I know ATOS have,on the whole,been atrocious.....BUT if at least a few 'don't work,won't work' brigade get hoiked off benefits I would be happy.
There are people out there sponging off they system under the umbrella of depression,Anxiety,social phobias and all other easy to fake,hard to disprove 'illnesses' that prevent them from working but doesn't prevent them leading normal lives...I can't speak for anyone else but my sex drive divebombed when depression kicked in so how they all manage to procreate makes me think I am the weird one !!
I'm not saying this applies to OP or to every person who has these issues but it would be so beneficial to sort the wheat from the chaff...Shame the govt.picked Muppets to do the assessments.

[bluebottle]

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I know ATOS have,on the whole,been atrocious.....BUT if at least a few 'don't work,won't work' brigade get hoiked off benefits I would be happy.
There are people out there sponging off they system under the umbrella of depression,Anxiety,social phobias and all other easy to fake,hard to disprove 'illnesses' that prevent them from working but doesn't prevent them leading normal lives...I can't speak for anyone else but my sex drive divebombed when depression kicked in so how they all manage to procreate makes me think I am the weird one !!
I'm not saying this applies to OP or to every person who has these issues but it would be so beneficial to sort the wheat from the chaff...Shame the govt.picked Muppets to do the assessments.

The biggest part of the problem, Inca, is that the last Tory government put millions of perfectly fit and healthy unemployed people on Incapacity Benefit so that they could fiddle the unemployment figures. New Labour did exactly the same thing. I often find myself shouting angrily at the tv screen when that arrogant, out-of-touch moron, IDS, appears, spouting 100% garbage about the long-term sick and disabled. Until my nervous system was trashed and I ended up with FMS, apart from my time in the police force, I worked with the elderly and disabled and have built up quite a lot of knowledge and experience in the process. The Tories always demonise those who can least fight back to blame for society's ills and misfortune. Targeting those with chronic illness and disabilities shows to what depths the Tories will descend in their desperation to divert the public's attention away from the reality that society's ills and misfortune is due to the bungling, corruption and incompetence of themselves, their benefactors and allies.

[labman]

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I could list loads in our village Inca. They'll 'hobble' -ie- work cash in hand while claiming benefits, but are otherwise unfit to work. I've given up reporting them as nothing is ever done. There is also, of course, the danger of being found out as the one who reports them which is not to be underestimated.

Totally agree with your comments though. They used to call me a fine upstanding member of the community; nowadays they just say I'm a fine member of the community. The missing word concurs with your experience! :beagle:

[CleverClogs]

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They used to call me a fine upstanding member of the community; nowadays they just say I'm a fine member of the community. The missing word concurs with your experience!

Doesn't Viagra help? msl:

[labman]

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To put it in plain English for you CC, there is no problem with Nitric Oxide being released from my nerve endings and endothelial cells in the corpus cavernosum, nor with the conversion of guanosine triphosphate into cyclic guanosine monophosphate.

The issue is entirely different. Hope that answers your question.

[CleverClogs]

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So you just cannot stand up in some other way? :grin:

[Inca]

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You blokes get it easy,,if Percy aint standing proud,it's obvious.With us women it often takes a twisting one partners testicles into a knot and threatening instant de-balling to convince said partner that nookie is off the agenda for the foreseeable! (not including ladies who prefer ladies of course)...and then of course comes the menopause and all the delights that creates.......Murder crosses my mind at least 10 times a day....and it matters not a jot who I plan to murder,,the tweeting bird merrily singing it's summer song would have copped it if I had had a catapult handy at 6am

[wales01man]

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INCA you and my missus are the same murderers in waiting she wantsvto kill me 20 times a day its only my whip and body armour protects me

[bluebottle]

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To put it in plain English for you CC, there is no problem with Nitric Oxide being released from my nerve endings and endothelial cells in the corpus cavernosum, nor with the conversion of guanosine triphosphate into cyclic guanosine monophosphate.

The issue is entirely different. Hope that answers your question.

Could you provide a chemical formula for that, or would it be easier to draw a diagram?