A disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped

[Notch7]

A disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped is the latest in a long line of fatalities that can be linked to failings and deliberate policy decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.c...-tragedy-is-linked-to-10-years-of-dwp-deaths/


Worse still is the cover-up; the only reason the story has come out is that DNS was contacted by Alison Turner, the partner of Mr Graham’s son, who questioned the DWP at the inquest and has fought for justice for him since the discovery of his death.
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2020...stopped-his-benefits-and-he-starved-to-death/

I wonder if this story will appear in the Daily Mail or the Telegraph



No doubt some people on here would describe him as a 'benefit scrounger'

 

[JP_]

Things are getting worse. Was reading today about a disabled man who was not allowed on a bus. He has an amputated leg. Comments on the story included people saying "he can drive, so get off the bus" and "he still plays golf so can't be that disabled".

Hatred, xenophobia, racism, homophobia all increasing that the moment. Although, some people will be quick to ignore the stories and stats and deny it.

 

[Vinty]

From Auschwitz to AusterityWitz UK, 75 years after the liberation nothing has changed.

 

[ellal]

Hatred, xenophobia, racism, homophobia all increasing that the moment.

I wonder why?

Although, some people will be quick to ignore the stories and stats and deny it.

I wonder who they might be?

And are the two related?

 

[transam]

The point is who is running these departments ? on the ground ?

is it also over seen by Centrica ? these are the same be** ends that run gas safe

fact is the one thing that is lacking with all of these dead beat pencil pushers and paper shufflers that do all these accesssmants ect is common sense

if u had any u would not get the job in the first place

 

[transam]

From Auschwitz to AusterityWitz UK, 75 years after the liberation nothing has changed.
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all due respect , but I dont quite see what Auschwitz has to do with it ??

who ever is responsible in the assesmant dept should be taken to task over the affair.


sack em , confiscate there pension pot ecft ect

personally I would go further and give em a smack in the mouth as well

 

[Vinty]

What i cant understand is how these for profit contractors who carry these work capability assessments haven't been hit by class action lawsuits by people they have damaged
The assessment model on which their reports are based on is a version of a model which has been outlawed in America.
The Insurance company Unum has had to pay 100s millions of dollars to American claiments they denied benefits to.
When you have physiotherapists and ex nurses assessing people with complex medical conditions then you are going have problems.

 

[JohnD]

who ever is responsible in the assesmant dept should be taken to task over the affair.


sack em , confiscate there pension pot ecft ect

personally I would go further and give em a smack in the mouth as well

An enquiry was held after the death of the man shown in Vinty's pic.

It was found that the rules laid down by the Conservative government had been correctly applied.

"Stephen Smith, 64, who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis and an enlarged prostate that left him in chronic pain, made headline news earlier this year. Shocking pictures showed him emaciated in hospital with pneumonia as his weight dropped to six stone, leaving him barely able to walk.


He failed a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) work capability assessment in 2017, which meant that his employment support allowance (ESA) payments were stopped. Instead, he was told to sign on to receive a £67 a week jobseeker’s allowance, visit the jobcentre once a week and prove that he was looking for work."

The blame does not attach to the people who will be sacked if they don't follow the rules.

But to the people making the rules.

 

[transam]

than he should be taken to task over the caper , if he has caused the deaths

simple as that ,

he can share a cell with his underlings

never cared for the bloke any way , be** end imho

 

[JohnD]

"An investigation into the treatment of a man who was denied benefits despite being seriously ill and weighing 38kg (6st) before his death has found the Department for Work and Pensions “followed policy”.


The internal DWP review ordered by Amber Rudd found that the department missed “crucial safeguarding opportunities” but that “policy guidance was followed” in Stephen Smith’s case.


Smith, 64, from Liverpool, had a range of debilitating illnesses including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoarthritis and an enlarged prostate, and used a colostomy bag.


His death was reported in April, months after he was forced to get a pass to leave hospital to fight a decision by the department to deny him of crucial benefits.


Smith, who could barely walk, was deemed fit for work after a work capability assessment in 2017, which meant his employment support allowance (ESA) payments were stopped."

https://www.theguardian.com/society...dying-man-stephen-smith-benefits-finds-review

 

[JohnD]

Amber Rudd

Hastings and Rye MP in top 10 expenses claimants

Amber Rudd
Published: 14:34 Tuesday 15 September 2015

The Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye is in the top 10 highest expenses claimants in Sussex for last year.

...Amber Rudd billed the taxpayer £173,367.16 over the 2014-15 period placing her in sixth place out of the 16 county MPs.....

https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co...rye-mp-in-top-10-expenses-claimants-1-6958686

 

[transam]

policy

bloke who did the assesmant lacked any semblance of common sense , typical pencil pusher / paper shuffeling , lack of common sense dead beat

they infest society like a decease.

The entire rag tag bag of em should be stood up against the nearest wall

 

[JohnD]

That's what the Government pays them to do.

 

[transam]

Amber Rudd

Hastings and Rye MP in top 10 expenses claimants

Amber Rudd
Published: 14:34 Tuesday 15 September 2015

The Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye is in the top 10 highest expenses claimants in Sussex for last year.

...Amber Rudd billed the taxpayer £173,367.16 over the 2014-15 period placing her in sixth place out of the 16 county MPs.....

https://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co...rye-mp-in-top-10-expenses-claimants-1-6958686

well leaving that to one side

I would' nt mind her

 

[transam]

That's what the Government pays them to do.

so its a bit like the Germans saying I was only following orders during the war

common sense is down the collective toilet in this country has been for years

civil servants , councillers jeez us wept