Man died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ by Government assessors

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Published by 24publishing for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities, Local Government

A man diagnosed with heart failure died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ for a second time by Government assessors, it emerged tonight. In a damning report by the BBC’s Panorama, the Government was forced to defend the work capability assessments it is using to reassess disability claimants’ entitlement to Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and stress that it, and the French healthcare firm running the assessments, Atos, is not setting targets for moving people ba...

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