Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

The Guardian World ·

Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

Disabled people with lifelong conditions are repeatedly being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance, new analysis suggests. …

Disabled people with lifelong conditions are repeatedly being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance, new analysis suggests. A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through “unnecessary” personal independence payment (Pip) reviews, “wasting” public money and “significantly harming” the mental and physical health of claimants. …

Original source: The Guardian World

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