29.05.2013 - 10:40 [ Health Insurance ]

Thousands of army veterans denied incapacity benefit by ‚degrading‘ assessments

The Work Capability Assessments – used by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) to assess individuals’ right to receive Employment and Support Allowance – have been castigated in recent months by mental health charities and others who say the system is finding too many people fit to work when they are in fact not.