16 May 2013 Following allegations by former Atos doctor Greg Wood that the fitness to work test is biased against the claimant, and that people are not being assessed fairly, Rutherglen and Hamilton West Labour MP Tom Greatrex, who has … Continue reading
A doctor who worked for the private company which assesses people for disability benefits says its methods are “unfair”. Greg Wood, a former Royal Navy doctor, resigned from Atos earlier this month, after working as an assessor for two-and-a-half years. … Continue reading
Are we all sitting comfortably? We are, then let me tell you a bit of news. The Home Secretary thinks that all police officers should be fitted with “Spy Cameras”, the type that we now often see on police officers … Continue reading
Katie Hopkins seems to have a hatred of people who are disabled and especially disabled people living or should I say existing on benefits, she has after all a record for this sort of abuse - http://atosvictimsgroup.co.uk/2012/05/13/katie-hopkins-of-apprentice-fame-attacks-those-on-disability-benefits/ This woman has no … Continue reading
At last, after three years of cuts to social care, there now seems to be a growing awareness that there may be a problem in cutting this vital public service. Sadly that problem, at least as far as the newspapers … Continue reading
Stephanie Bottrill, 53, was found dead by a motorway last weekend. Earlier, she had posted her keys and a note saying the Government was ‘to blame’ for her death through a neighbour’s door. Her son Steven, 27, told the Sunday … Continue reading
Brendan O’Neill tells us in an article for the “Telegraph” that Left Wing Activists are at fault for treating disabled people as objects of pity by describing the use of the word “Vulnerable” as a form of insult, disabled people … Continue reading
Last summer, when Mary Laver carried the Olympic torch along Newcastle’s New Bridge Street buoyed up by the cheers and applause of the crowds lining the route, it was as a British hero. The former RAF servicewoman has rheumatoid arthritis … Continue reading
Many people have been shocked by a story which appeared on Twitter yesterday. Alex has collated the tweets here. To put this in context, the poster Thomas Hemingford’s twitter profile reads: “Man. Married, disabled wife. 3 Children, 1 disabled.” Now … Continue reading
A DISABLED Hampshire woman faces being thrown out of her home just a year after her husband died, because of the Government’s new “bedroom tax”. Taxpayers have already spent £10,000 adapting her home but now Carmen Haynes says she will have … Continue reading