The new Employment and Support Allowance testing system has been criticised because of the number of people with psychological problems and other disabled employees being judged fit for work.
Compiled by Citizens Advice, the report revealed that terminally-ill individuals, those with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease and others in line for open heart surgery have been deemed capable, the Guardian reports.
The paper’s readers have voiced their concerns about the methods, with one calling it the “most prejudicial, unfair and downright negligent piece of so-called medical practice” he has ever come across.
Having undergone an examination, he was awarded 0 out of 15 – with 0 being absolutely fine – in spite of the fact that he can neither walk nor stand and is to undergo bone grafts.
David Harker of Citizens Advice recently spoke out against the testing, calling procedures “crude”, as they only take into account performance ability on one particular day.
http://www.efd.org.uk/media-centre/news/6743/people-mental-health-illnesses-found-fit-for-work
