London, UK. 21st July 2017. A wheelchair user with a poster at the DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) protest at the London HQ of Atos who carry out PIP (Personal Independence Payment) assessments for the Dept of Work and Pensions. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 21st July 2017. A wheelchair user with a poster at the DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) protest at the London HQ of Atos who carry out PIP (Personal Independence Payment) assessments for the Dept of Work and Pensions. Though Atos lost the contract for Work Capability Assessment they are still assessing the needs of the disabled for PIP, using inadequately trained and qualified staff to produce assessments that DPAC say a "riddled with lies and inaccuracies." They say assessments should be carried out by suitably medically qualified staff and that there should be no financial incentives to end or reduce benefit or reduction targets assessors are obliged to meet. Many disabled people have taken their own lives because of the failures and deliberate discrimination of a shameful system set up by the DWP and applied with prejudice by Atos and others have starved to death without support. After making a lot of noise and some short speeches the protesters had a picnic outside the office before making more noise. They then marched to the nearby road junction and blocked one carriageway of the Euston Rd for around 10 minutes. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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