The Secret Government War Against The Most Vulnerable — 13 Comments
Thanks Paul. I agree they have waged war against the most vulnerable of this country and take it one step further just like they would call it if it was a warlord or the bulkan murders, its genocide. Clear to see that. Its a shame Oliver Cromwell is not alive now to sort out Parliament. They hace blood on their hands.
Just one little historical note about Oliver Cromwell… who do you think he did a deal with to fund his new model army, and what central bank was formed after they had beaten the Royalist forces. Look into this and you will see that the same groups behind our current govt, and all since, have been funded and run from the same source.
ah that atos moment when you now you been spamed by them as its your fouth fith or even 7 time going through the door yep you now you going to tribunel only after to win at tribunel but then get another brown envelope calling you to another one yep they after us they want us gone very quietly so please close the door after you go yep paul another abuse by them going on every day by a oofice by you jeff3
It’s a Conservative led government in coalition with the Liberal Democrats last time I looked. That would probably make me a “sheeple” in your warped view of the world. Go elsewhere and troll your idiotic, conspiracy nonsense, which can be usually found on rabid, anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi websites.
that is absolutely disgusting,Paul thankyou for always bringing us the truth,how dare they even consider shutting you down,whatever happened to freedom of speech……this was a free country until they brought in dictators to run this country…i feel like the disabled are being legally terrorised by this goverment.I have not slept very well since i found out about all this atos crap,and thanks to ATOS VICTIMS i am up to date with all the nasty stuff that is being purported by this goverment
Posted by: Margaret McCartney
20 November 2012
There can hardly be a GP in the land who has not noticed the mess that we are being invited to mop up over the Government’s work capability assessments.
The programme to reassess whether people on benefits are fit for work – as contracted out to the French technology company Atos at a cost of £100m a year1 – is creating distress in patients and additional workload for practices as many people are told to ask their GP for a letter to try and support their claim.
We are asked to fill in cursory forms that give space only for confirmation of the diagnosis; barely any space to describe the impact of illness on a patient. A doctor recently wrote in the BMJ about how difficult she found the process; how much worse is it for patients who are unused to form filling and bureaucracy?2
The fall-out for ordinary people is immense. Many people who have worked all their lives and who feel guilt and shame at being ‘burdens’ on the state find the process of claiming benefits humiliating and degrading.
There are multiple harms created for citizens that are going unmeasured – the ongoing stress of the uncertainty of the process has profound impacts on many people’s health.
The costs of this are not being borne by the company running the scheme; the NHS is bearing the brunt of them.
Earlier this year, the LMCs conference called for the process to be scrapped, saying it should be replaced with ‘a rigorous and safe system that does not cause avoidable harm to some of the weakest and most vulnerable in society’.
It is not a fair system (and there is copious evidence of its unfairness) and its failings will be borne by the most vulnerable. The stress caused by its inadequacies will be pushed on to the NHS.
Of the many people who appeal, some 38% win.1 People who have the help of agencies such as Citizens’ Advice are more likely to be successful at appeal – suggesting that the process does not favour people unfamiliar with the system.3
In October, Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, described the Government’s contract with Atos as ‘unacceptably loose and (permitting) loopholes that can all too easily be exploited by contractors’.4
Let’s hope the £400m contract Atos won in August to reassess people for the new Personal Independence Payment, which will replace the Disability Living Allowance, is not also full of similar ‘loopholes’.
I believe this will be a recurring problemas large Government contracts with the private sector become more involved in healthcare. Why on earth are we franchising out the care of our most ill to a profit-making system? We need to pull the plug on these contracts.
Dr Margaret McCartney is a GP in Glasgow
References
1 National Audit Office 2012, Contract management of medical services HC627. Published Oct.
2 BMJ 2012, It is too difficult for ill people to claim benefits. Published 30 Oct
3 BMJ 2012, UK Government’s contract with Atos is ‘unacceptably loose’, MPs say. Published 22 Oct
Disabled since 2003, Got Disk Bulge, MRI scan. Walking Stick, Loads of meds,(problem From meds) Infection from Spinal. Cordal injection,(sinus) Depression. Since ATOS,Now homeless.2012(lucky got family) (work accident money gone, Losing ESA in march.2013 Still waiting for Appeal 11 month’s =evil
Room tax? What about all mps claiming all this money they spend on there big houses and hotels eh Cameron shoulder takin too court along with the so called atos crowd
CORRECT ME IF BE WRONG.I BELIEVE THERE IS A LAW ABOUT PROMOTING HATE.AS IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN DECLARED AN OFFENCE TO HATE,OR ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HATE….WILL SOMEONE ANSWER ME HOW DAVID CAMERON AND HIS CRONIES,THE DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPER AND THE SUN NEWSPAPER ARE GETTING AWAY WITH COMMITING THIS HATE CRIME?WHICH HATE CRIME?WHY THE ONE WHERE THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR READERS TO HATE SICK AND DISABLED PEOPLE…
Thanks Paul. I agree they have waged war against the most vulnerable of this country and take it one step further just like they would call it if it was a warlord or the bulkan murders, its genocide. Clear to see that. Its a shame Oliver Cromwell is not alive now to sort out Parliament. They hace blood on their hands.
Just one little historical note about Oliver Cromwell… who do you think he did a deal with to fund his new model army, and what central bank was formed after they had beaten the Royalist forces. Look into this and you will see that the same groups behind our current govt, and all since, have been funded and run from the same source.
ah that atos moment when you now you been spamed by them as its your fouth fith or even 7 time going through the door yep you now you going to tribunel only after to win at tribunel but then get another brown envelope calling you to another one yep they after us they want us gone very quietly so please close the door after you go yep paul another abuse by them going on every day by a oofice by you jeff3
i wouldn’t call them a British government
the correct term is;
“ZIONIST OCCUPIED GOVERNMENT”when referring to the government try to use these words because they are the truth and that is what the government are.
This government is foul and the sooner it’s tipped out of power the better-but there is no need to be anti-Semetic, bob.
It’s a Conservative led government in coalition with the Liberal Democrats last time I looked. That would probably make me a “sheeple” in your warped view of the world. Go elsewhere and troll your idiotic, conspiracy nonsense, which can be usually found on rabid, anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi websites.
that is absolutely disgusting,Paul thankyou for always bringing us the truth,how dare they even consider shutting you down,whatever happened to freedom of speech……this was a free country until they brought in dictators to run this country…i feel like the disabled are being legally terrorised by this goverment.I have not slept very well since i found out about all this atos crap,and thanks to ATOS VICTIMS i am up to date with all the nasty stuff that is being purported by this goverment
this was published in the GP’s in house magazeen.
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Posted by: Margaret McCartney
20 November 2012
There can hardly be a GP in the land who has not noticed the mess that we are being invited to mop up over the Government’s work capability assessments.
The programme to reassess whether people on benefits are fit for work – as contracted out to the French technology company Atos at a cost of £100m a year1 – is creating distress in patients and additional workload for practices as many people are told to ask their GP for a letter to try and support their claim.
We are asked to fill in cursory forms that give space only for confirmation of the diagnosis; barely any space to describe the impact of illness on a patient. A doctor recently wrote in the BMJ about how difficult she found the process; how much worse is it for patients who are unused to form filling and bureaucracy?2
The fall-out for ordinary people is immense. Many people who have worked all their lives and who feel guilt and shame at being ‘burdens’ on the state find the process of claiming benefits humiliating and degrading.
There are multiple harms created for citizens that are going unmeasured – the ongoing stress of the uncertainty of the process has profound impacts on many people’s health.
The costs of this are not being borne by the company running the scheme; the NHS is bearing the brunt of them.
Earlier this year, the LMCs conference called for the process to be scrapped, saying it should be replaced with ‘a rigorous and safe system that does not cause avoidable harm to some of the weakest and most vulnerable in society’.
It is not a fair system (and there is copious evidence of its unfairness) and its failings will be borne by the most vulnerable. The stress caused by its inadequacies will be pushed on to the NHS.
Of the many people who appeal, some 38% win.1 People who have the help of agencies such as Citizens’ Advice are more likely to be successful at appeal – suggesting that the process does not favour people unfamiliar with the system.3
In October, Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, described the Government’s contract with Atos as ‘unacceptably loose and (permitting) loopholes that can all too easily be exploited by contractors’.4
Let’s hope the £400m contract Atos won in August to reassess people for the new Personal Independence Payment, which will replace the Disability Living Allowance, is not also full of similar ‘loopholes’.
I believe this will be a recurring problemas large Government contracts with the private sector become more involved in healthcare. Why on earth are we franchising out the care of our most ill to a profit-making system? We need to pull the plug on these contracts.
Dr Margaret McCartney is a GP in Glasgow
References
1 National Audit Office 2012, Contract management of medical services HC627. Published Oct.
2 BMJ 2012, It is too difficult for ill people to claim benefits. Published 30 Oct
3 BMJ 2012, UK Government’s contract with Atos is ‘unacceptably loose’, MPs say. Published 22 Oct
Tommaz, thank you for posting this.
Disabled since 2003, Got Disk Bulge, MRI scan. Walking Stick, Loads of meds,(problem From meds) Infection from Spinal. Cordal injection,(sinus) Depression. Since ATOS,Now homeless.2012(lucky got family) (work accident money gone, Losing ESA in march.2013 Still waiting for Appeal 11 month’s =evil
Thanks for this. I still cant believe how the DWP and ATOS get away with this.
Best wishes
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Room tax? What about all mps claiming all this money they spend on there big houses and hotels eh Cameron shoulder takin too court along with the so called atos crowd
CORRECT ME IF BE WRONG.I BELIEVE THERE IS A LAW ABOUT PROMOTING HATE.AS IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN DECLARED AN OFFENCE TO HATE,OR ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HATE….WILL SOMEONE ANSWER ME HOW DAVID CAMERON AND HIS CRONIES,THE DAILY MAIL NEWSPAPER AND THE SUN NEWSPAPER ARE GETTING AWAY WITH COMMITING THIS HATE CRIME?WHICH HATE CRIME?WHY THE ONE WHERE THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR READERS TO HATE SICK AND DISABLED PEOPLE…