27 September 2021 — True Publica

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“What is constantly overlooked is the fact that the disabled community’s experience of this DWP “help and support” is via the politics of fear using the  WCA. The assessment is conducted by an unaccountable American corporate giant, with the fatally flawed WCA using a discredited BPS model which failed all academic scrutiny. Every clinical lead in the UK demanded that the WCA should be abolished, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of  General Practitioners, the British Medical Association, and the British  Psychological Society, who all identified the WCA as being unfit for purpose. They were all disregarded by the DWP, as is the growing mental health crisis directly linked to the fear of the next WCA, and the constant DWP threat of sanctions. To  date, the DWP have disregarded all published, independent academic research  which identifies the ongoing and inevitable public health crisis created by social  policies adopted since 2010.” (p7)
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