1300 people on sickness benefit DEAD after being told to begin work related activities immediately admits IDS’s Dept
January 20, 2014
Reposted from Dr Éoin Clarke (PhD) – TheGreenBenches@Hotmail.com
According to Iain Duncan Smith’s team, every year, more than 40,000 people on Sickness Benefits (eg. ESA) die. Over a three year period more than 125,000 people had died while on sickness benefit. During the lifetime of this parliament, 200,000+ will die on sickness benefit.
In order to be placed on sickness benefit, claimants must undergo an assessment. Some of those claimants are assessed and told that they will be fit for work in the future, and as such they are expected to carry out work related activity (such as training) immediately. According to Iain Duncan-Smith’s Department, 1,300 of those told they’d be fit to work in the future and expected to carry out work related activity died during one 11 month period from January 2011 to November 2011.
Of those receiving ESA who had died from January 2011…
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Same Difference 
After just getting back from my appointment with my doctor for a sick note for my ESA while awaiting atos decision it has occured to me while pondering my doctors comments, “we are informed not to help you” he told me totally out of context to our conversation “Im aware of this I answered trying to lighten the mood “fit for work even with my legs dropping off”the doc put his head down no more was said.
My thought is doctors are bound by medical ethics…to preserve life…is this also a breach of medical ethics? .
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