Tag: Work Capability Assessment

Nearly 20,000 people call for government to overhaul fit for work test

Almost 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Department for…

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Psychologists call for major reform of Work Capability Assessment

The government should commission an ‘end-to-end redesign’ of the Work Capability Assessment…

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Litchfield recommends Work Capability Assessment stays in place

The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) should…

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Calls for fundamental redesign of Employment and Support Allowance

The flaws in the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) system are so…

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Work capability assessment ‘damages health’, new research claims

The vast majority of people who have been through the work capability…

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That was the year that was

Editor Dan Parton looks back at some of the bigger news stories…

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Work capability assessment review doesn’t go far enough, charities say

The latest review of the work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and…

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New reviewer of WCA announced

Dr Paul Litchfield, chief medical officer for BT, has been appointed to…

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New WCA stats add to evidence that change is needed

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the work capability assessment…

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Government must listen to WCA concerns

While criticism of the work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and support…

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