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This video from Britain says about itself:

Atos 1100 suicides

the unfairness and consequences of Atos work capabilty assessments-the unfairness and lack of recognition this test has on disabled people in Britain!

By Mark Blackwood and Paul Mitchell in Britain:

Britain: Disabled widow commits suicide after benefits withdrawn

11 December 2013

Despite being partially sighted, only able to walk with the aid of a cane and in constant pain due to slipped discs, Jacqueline Harris, a 53-year-old former nurse from Bristol, England, was pronounced fit for work in November 2012, following a government Work Capability Assessment (WCA).

WCAs have been carried out by private medical company Atos Healthcare for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) since 2010. In 2008, the previous Labour government replaced Incapacity Benefit with the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), with eligibility dependent on the outcome of a WCA. After completing a WCA, a disabled person…

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4 thoughts on “British disabled widow’s suicide after ATOS witch-hunt

  1. Sadly this is contemptible.
    yisraela

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    1. Yes, and it will get worse.

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