Ask Atos Healthcare disability assessment questions

zoominatorone

mazza111 wrote: »

DLA whether rightly or wrongly is not money to live on. It's money to help with extra transport costs and care needs.

The money the government says she needs to live on during assessment rate is £56 and was the same before she got her DLA. So trust me, she knows about living on £56/week.

Regardless, the decision is being held up because her assessment has been held back for audit purposes.

That is a red herring, she does not ONLY get £56 a week.

She gets a flat rent free, and no Council Tax to pay. She gets £56 per week and the DLA money.....it reminds me of the MP's...what do they spend their salaries on when everything they need seems to be covered by claiming expenses?

Mordred12

Atos_Healthcare_company_representative wrote: »

Mordred12, sorry if I wasn’t clear. The 7 weeks I mention is not with reference to just advice after a paper based review, but also covers where a face to face assessment has taken place. So if a face to face assessment is required you would normally hear about it within this period. You can contact us using the details in our profile to discuss your particular case.

Thanks you for the advice and very quick response.

JS477

Raksha wrote: »

Dear atos rep, can you deny that recordings are made of attendants while thay are in the waiting room, and that their behaviour in the waiting room forms part of the assesment.

Thank you

Don't forget that Atos's own handbook tells the "HCP" to observe the sick and disabled person as they walk from the [ill-equipped] waiting room to the processing room and also whilst in the processing room. Also it wouldn't surprise me if the receptionist is also observing the sick and disabled people in the [ill-equipped] waiting room and reports back to the "HCP". If the processing room overlooks the car park it has been known for "HCPs" to look through the window at sick and disabled people leaving the processing centre.

The moral of the story is not only are you under surveillance from the moment you step into the processing centre but you're also under surveillance outside of it as well. Also don't forget the security cameras!!

isolation

JS477 wrote: »

Don't forget that Atos's own handbook tells the "HCP" to observe the sick and disabled person as they walk from the [ill-equipped] waiting room to the processing room and also whilst in the processing room. Also it wouldn't surprise me if the receptionist is also observing the sick and disabled people in the [ill-equipped] waiting room and reports back to the "HCP". If the processing room overlooks the car park it has been known for "HCPs" to look through the window at sick and disabled people leaving the processing centre.

The moral of the story is not only are you under surveillance from the moment you step into the processing centre but you're also under surveillance outside of it as well. Also don't forget the security cameras!!

I don't really see what relevance this has on this thread. I think that it is perfectly acceptable for them to do so.

Dee

mazza111

zoominatorone wrote: »

That is a red herring, she does not ONLY get £56 a week.

She gets a flat rent free, and no Council Tax to pay. She gets £56 per week and the DLA money.....it reminds me of the MP's...what do they spend their salaries on when everything they need seems to be covered by claiming expenses?

Irrelevant. The government says she needs £56 to live on. DLA is not counted as income for the government. Who says she gets her flat rent free? Try heating your house, feeding and clothing yourself on £56/week.

Anyway, this thread is not for discussion it's about asking the ATOS rep question. Have you done so yet?

Raksha

isolation wrote: »

I don't really see what relevance this has on this thread. I think that it is perfectly acceptable for them to do so.

Dee
dwpnegligence.wordpress.com

It's not about what you think is acceptable, it's for asking ATOS a question, and I would like this confirmed or denied.

Who died and put you in charge?

beanielou

Raksha wrote: »

It's not about what you think is acceptable, it's for asking ATOS a question, and I would like this confirmed or denied.

Who died and put you in charge?[/QUOTE]

Is there any need to be so rude?
Surely everyone is entitled to an opinion?

isolation

Raksha wrote: »

It's not about what you think is acceptable, it's for asking ATOS a question, and I would like this confirmed or denied.

Who died and put you in charge?

If you read my post carefully (or even not so carefully), it was not a reply to your question, it was a reply to a post which was not a question at all.

Dee

dori2o

Come on Atos.

What are you scared of?

What do you have to hide?

dori2o wrote: »

ATOS Rep,

3 questions.

1) Why do so many of your HCP's LIE/Misrepresent the truth on the WCA report?

2) Is this the reason why so many HCP's are against the recording of the assessment by the claimant themselves?

3) If that is not the case, why do many HCP's refuse to continue with assessments if they realise they are being recorded?

dori2o wrote: »

ATOS Rep, please tell us why ATOS are so keen to close down websites which warn people about their underhand tactics in relation to the WCA? Could these websites be exposing the truth a little too much for your Company's liking?

dori2o wrote: »

Final question.

How is it possible for ATOS to declare a person Unfit for work during a Occupational Health Assessment for any of the Government departments they provide the service to (including the staff at DWP), and then find the same person Fit for Work under the WCA?

dori2o

Atos. How about a response to this

In Memoriam
Brian McArdle;
Brian was paralysed down his left hand side, blind in one eye and unable to speak properly. Yet he was declared fit for work. Brian collapsed of a heart attack because of the stress of losing his benefits.
Mark Mullins and Helen Mullins:
Mark and Helen Mullins were found lying side by side in their home after committing suicide together.They had been left destitute after Helen had her claim for benefit turned down,they had no food, no heating and no electric.
Richard Sanderson:
Richard Sanderson, of Southfields, south west London, committed suicide after receiving a letter from Wandsworth Council informing him his housing benefit would be cut by £30 a month.
Martin Rust,
Martin Rust, 36,a schizophrenic had his benefits cut and was ordered back to work.He left a note saying: “To those I love, I’m sorry. Goodbye.” Coroner William Armstrong said the DWP’s decision “caused distress and may well have had an adverse effect”, recording that Mr Rust had committed suicide while suffering from a treatment-resistant mental illness.
Craig Monk
Criag Monk. 43, was found hanging in his home, he had a a partial amputation of his leg and was described by his family as “vulnerable” he became depressed that his benefits had been cut.
Colin Traynor
Colin Traynor, who was a life long epileptic. He was assessed as fit for work, he appealed, but his parents say he became depressed and lost weight , he died less than four months later,the day after his death his parents found out he had won That appeal.
David Groves
David Groves, 56, died of a massive heart !attack the night before his medical assessment as he sat at his computer and scoured the Internet for ways to raise cash in case he lost his entitlement.
Elaine Christian
Elaine Christian, 57, was found in a drain after walking out of her home. A post mortem revealed she had died from drowning, despite having more than ten self-inflicted cuts on her wrists.The inquest in Hull was told Mrs Christian had been deeply worried about a meeting she was due to have to discuss her entitlement to disability benefits.
Christelle Pardo and Kayjah Pardo:
Christelle Pardo,32 and Kayjah Pardo 6 months, After having all her income cut off and her housing benefit withdrawn, and with a baby to care for, she had been left destitute. When she begged for help the only response from the DWP was that she didn’t qualify under the rules,So she killed herself and her young child.
Leanne Chambers:
Leanne Chambers, 30, body was found in the river weir five months after she walked out of her home she had battled depression for a number of years and had taken a turn for the worse after receiving a letter telling her she had to be assessed by a doctor she did not know, to see if she was fit to return to work.
Mark Scott:
Mark Scott, 46, who suffered from anxiety, epilepsy was left penniless when he was declared fit for work and his benefits were stopped.He died six weeks later in the Southport flat where he lived alone.
Karen Sherlock,
Karen died after a long and difficult fight, losing her benefits after being told she was fit for work, and after finally winning her appeal. Karen had diabetes with kidney complications.
Cecilia Burns,
Cecilia was a cancer sufferer, who had her benefits cut by government officials who said she was fit to work after she was assessed by government contractor Atos Healthcare.
Chris Cann,
Chris was a triple amputee who was wrongly declared fit for work died after being deemed ‘fit for work’.
Stephen Hill,
Stephen was declared fit for work, with the assessor declaring: “Significant disability due to cardiovascular problems seems unlikely.” Mr Hill died of a heart attack five weeks later. Read more into Stephen Hill`s story.
Peter Hodgson,
Peter was a “VULNERABLE’ disabled man who took his own life felt pressurised by changes to the benefits system.
Paul Willcoxson
Paul had mental health issues and he took his own life because of stress and worrying about benefit cuts
George, from Chesterfield
Another Atos victim found fit for work collapsed and died of a heart attack, the day before another Atos medical. His widow is convinced the stress of claiming killed him
Eileen Nearne MBE
Eileen was a WWII spy tortured by the Nazis died penniless after her British pension was halted without explanation

How many more are you going to kill?