A new report from the Spartacus campaign today (Monday 12 November) analyses the failures of the Government's Work Capability Assessment and the Employment & Support Allowance system, which is supposed to support people who are too sick or disabled to work.
Danny Shurmer, 60, was recovering in Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Had benefits withdrawn and didn't win an appeal until nine months later Controversial Work Capability Assessment carried out by ATOS A heart patient was told he was fit for work - just a day after a double heart bypass operation.
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Health minister Norman Lamb has said there is "no excuse" for the further mistreatment of patients moved from failed care home Winterbourne View.A BBC Panorama report on Monday is due to reveal new safety alerts have been issued for some former patients.The Lib Dem minister said it would highlight the "unacceptable failures" still crippling care commissioning.The report comes after six workers were jailed for ill treating and neglecting patients at the now closed hospital.Another five former support workers were convicted at Bristol Crown Court for the ill-treatment of patients there.
