I’m Starting To Wish We Had ATOS Back…
There, dear readers, is something I thought I’d never see written on this site.
But with ATOS, it definitely seems to be a case of ‘better the devil you know.’ There is less doubt in my mind with every article I read on them that Capita are worse…
Be careful what you wish for, dear readers.
Spotted on Facebook.
This was messaged to one of the groups this morning (via Carl Green)
This was PM’ed to Atos Demo this morning
“I had a conversation with a friend who is an Ex RAF Nurse and a former Staff Nurse at QMC Nottingham. She was sacked for misconduct from her Job at the QMC Notts last year. She has been out of work since leaving. She told me that she has a New Job she is training for… CAPITA.. She basically bragged that the Job of Assessor she is training for is as a Disability Assessor for the DWP. (£30,000 per annum) which is more than the salary she was on at the QMC as a Staff Nurse for the NHS. She told me that they have been told ‘Under No Circunstances’ are they to make the Public aware of what is happening and who they work for! (Wonder why???). She says basically she is being tested in Brimingham and then she will be approved or rejected by the DWP as to wether she gets the Assessors Job.
Wonder how many disabled people will have to have their needs based benefits stopped just to fund one Assessor…and then make profit for the company (CAPITA) by carrying on with the ‘Quota method of Denial). She said Capita are recruiting like crazy! They are taking ex NHS Staff and don’t care what their employment/disciplinary records are, its just the name and a qualification they need to be ‘within the Law’.
Hope this is helpful..”
Well I guess that extinguishes any hope that Crapita/G4S/Serco wouldn’t want to pick up the toxic Atos contract… unhappy sigh……
Same Difference 
Well we have the advantage of being better organised now. And this is possibly a wake up call to really get organise. Obviously these people cannot win in the end so the task is to stop them as soon as possible.
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did we expect anything better no did we think rtu ids had aheart no more of the same just a different company jeff3
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I have to say I am gobsmacked, I thought they would just take over the employment of the people who were working for ATOS rather than bother recruiting new people. £30k a year to sit in front of a screen rather than work for a living I can’t say that I am surprised nurses are trying to get the jobs.
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I read somewhere that whoever took over from Atoms had access to their staff?? And Atos changed their name what’s stopping them still doing it under the new name… capita was already doing medicals within the last year, the did my friends medical in November
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It hasn’t yet been announced that Crapita have taken over formally from ATOS. But both Crapita and ATOS were doing medicals for some time. It’s just now that we no longer have ATOS to worry about, we’re starting to look into Crapita in more detail. And not liking what we find one bit.
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So yes, whoever formally takes oer from ATOS will be given the choice to keep ATOS staff on.
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She may well have been recruited for PIP work – Capita have the PIP contract in the Nottingham area.
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The central conflict remains the same, a for profit organization assessing social need. While ever we stick to private sector is best for everything then all that will change is the name of the snake oil salesman, not the outcome.
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if she has been sacked for misconduct and did not declare this on the application form she is in breach of regulations under Nursing and Midwifery rules, I would just notify NMC so they are aware and they may contact the QMC to see find out the complete picture and decide whether the case warrants further investigation
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