“The Personal Independence Payment Handbook, used by health professionals assessing claimants for PIP, advises that where a claimant has a history of suicide attempts or self-harm assessors should ‘strongly consider’ getting additional medical evidence. The aim is to try to carry out a paper-based assessment ‘to avoid distress to the claimant’. At least, that’s what the PIP Handbook used to say. This advice has been completely removed from the latest editions of the Handbook, with no explanation as to why vulnerable claimants no longer require protection.”
Are you able to give the date the advice was first issued to Atos and Capita assessors and the date the same advice was withdrawn?
My thanks to B & W for the additional Newsletters throughout the run-up to the General Election. The information my carer and I have been able to pass on has encouraged two lifelong Conservative voters to turn to Labour. Another person in a poorly paid “employment” has never voted before…but she’ll be out there tomorrow!
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