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DWP Logs 880,000 Sickness Benefit Assessments as Just ‘Mental Health Problem’
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Guido Fawkes
DWP Logs 880,000 Sickness Benefit Assessments as Just ‘Mental Health Problem’
Almost 880,000 Universal Credit sickness assessments since 2019 recorded the claimant’s mental condition as simply ‘Mental Health Problem’. So no anxiety, no depression, and no more specific diagnosis at all… For 143,100 of them, it was the only condition recorded of any kind. Does exasperation count? The figures, covering Work Capability Assessment decisions on new…
23 Oct, 09:44