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"How this will impact upon the process of Work Capability Assessments remains unclear but this validates the calls made by many campaigners and campaign groups who rightfully claim that the Atos conducted WCA is “not fit for purpose”."

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"If they treat their staff the way they have me, what hope is there for ­others?"

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"They categorically cannot just base their reported conclusion on their unsubstantiated “opinion”.
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"It has become a tradition in Britain for political parties to accuse the BBC of bias whenever they are put under the pressure of scrutiny. It rarely turns out to be true, if ever, but today I, and many other people, noticed something that seems to give the idea some credibility."

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"French company Atos, which has a £108m per year contract with the government, has failed to remove grossly misleading claims from its website – despite being ordered to do so by the Advertising Standards Authority."

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"In a recent Mind survey, they found that at least 3/4s of those surveyed felt worse after their work capability assessments and that 51% of them had been left with suicidal thoughts!"

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"A doctor, who currently works with the company and chose to stay anonymous, told us there was “no justification” to sign this kind of document."

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"Just last week the company was condemned by the Advertising Standards Authority for claiming that it has got “1700+ healthcare professionals”. Such is the arrogance of this firm that it didn’t even bothering responding to the ASA, which is the kind of behaviour we usually see in fly-by-night conmen, not huge companies trusted by the government with such important matters as this."

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"The gradual influence being invoked by companies such as Atos and Unum in the British media world is increasing and it’s causing untold damage to various causes, our fight is being hindered by the main broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom, we cannot expect reliable commentary by the BBC over the governments continuing attacks on the disabled and poor."

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"As I keep on telling people, it’s vital that everyone requests their assessment be Audio Recorded, be that at an assessment centre or A HOME ASSESSMENT, absolutely vital."

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"Stephen Hill, 53, of Duckmanton, died in December of a heart attack. The dad-of-two had suffered heart problems for and was awaiting major heart surgery but following a ten-minute medical examination on November 17 he was deemed well enough to work…"

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"... eventually Atos will be sitting in so much S### that they won’t be able to step anywhere without covering themselves in it, well done Atos, keep up the good work…."

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"Next week a debate is to be held on the WCA & Atos, Tom Greatrex has informed me he will try to get a question in about the recording of assessments"

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"If getting shot and suffering multiple strokes and heart attacks doesn’t get you disability benefits and into the support group God knows what will?"

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"We can now see that the government acknowledges that Atos are failing in their contract, appeals are increasing, the company is cutting costs and it’s the public who is suffering, not the politicians who introduced this mess, we need to increase our joint campaigning powers to get the government to end this farce of a contract."

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"Last night Labour called on the Tory-LibDem Coalition at Westminster to get a grip on the situation before it spirals “completely out of control”."

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"Despite the hype, the figures show the claimants in a different light. According to the government, who should know about these things, the Incapacity Benefit ‘Fraud and Error’ figure is 2.4%. Of this 2.4%, only 0.3% is down to fraud. This amounts to a loss of £20m. The rest is down to customer error (0.9% or £50m) and official error (1.2% or £70m). It would appear that not that many people are faking a sore back or depression after all."

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"The Government's contract with Atos Healthcare requires that doctors are used to assess claimants with conditions that are likely to have complex central nervous system examination findings.

The majority of claimants with CFS/ME do not exhibit such signs and therefore CFS/ME is not on the list of conditions that are required to be assessed by a doctor. However, if a claimant with CFS/ME has neurological signs, they will be passed to a healthcare professional with the requisite expertise."

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"Over one hundred organisations, doctors, nurses and prominent campaigners have signed a letter to the British Medical Journal Group, calling on them to end all business relationships with the conteroversial disability and health testing firm Atos Healthcare. "

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"An online protest will see companies and organisations which do business with Atos contacted and informed of this company's 'callous and cruel' treatment of disabled and sick people."

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