Anxiety over Atos fit-for-work test brings on father’s heart attack

JIM ELLIOTT suffered a massive heart attack a day after his 20-minute work capability assessment during which he had complained of chest pains and struggling to breathe. He was still deemed fit to work. A DAD who started feeling seriously … Continue reading

Woman Recovering from Double Lung Transplant has benefits cut to £21 p/w

Benefit bosses have sparked outrage by slashing payments for a young woman who is recovering from a double lung transplant operation. Louise Davidson  20 from Paisley, Scotland, has had Cystic Fibrosis since birth, has been left in tears by the … Continue reading

DPAC Request – Help expose Work Capability Assessment

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DPAC and Black Triangle have been working with a TV company to make a really hard-hitting documentary exposing the WCA and ATOS assessments. We are confident that this programme will help expose the ATOS atrocities. Unfortunately one of the people … Continue reading

Beating arthritis is all in your head: Pain of joint condition can be eased through counselling “More CBT Bollocks”….

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Arthritis sufferers could have their pain  eased by learning to cope with the condition through counselling, scientists  have claimed. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could  help rheumatoid arthritis victims manage their pain by allowing them to control  their debilitating symptoms. Experts … Continue reading

Widow reveals husband with dementia was seen by an astonishing 106 different carers in his last year…

Kenneth Maitland (front row right) with wife Jeanette (centre). Mrs Maitland said her husband was unsettled by having so many carers

A pensioner suffering from dementia was forced to have more than 100 different ­carers in the final year of his life. Retired chartered accountant ­Kenneth Maitland, who also had ­Parkinson’s disease, needed a home visit four times a day. Officials … Continue reading