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The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 5 days for that many people to see it.

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The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 59,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 7 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 3 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 5 posts.

The busiest day of the year was October 11th with 581 views. The most popular post that day was ATOS medical assessment centres.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were talktalk.co.uk, consumeractiongroup.co.uk, whywaitforever.com, mail.live.com, and search.virginmedia.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for atos medical, dwp medical examination, dwp medical assessment, dwp medical points system, and atos medical assessment.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

ATOS medical assessment centres July 2009
479 comments

An account of my DWP medical February 2009
191 comments

Hello and welcome to DWP examination January 2009
281 comments

DWP Score sheets or points make benefits! June 2009
40 comments

Questions you may be asked? February 2009
62 comments

In response to alleged large-scale “Welfare Benefit Fraud” the Government saw fit to introduce a medical assessment programme which was initially designed to assess the level of disability of individuals claiming sickness Benefit, and its subsequent effect upon their ability to work. This has since changed several times and is now known as “Work Capability Assessment”, this WCA is implemented and managed by a private company, ATOS Origin. It is our opinion the Assessment undertaken by Atos Healthcare Professionals is neither fair or reasonable, does not consider the effects of an individuals disability, does not meet the standards, or reflect the needs of any employer when considering prospective disabled job applicants and is simply an excuse to reduce the numbers of Sickness/Disability Benefit claimants.

ATOS Origin are a private sector company and are profit orientated. Their income is target based, as a result their alleged Healthcare Professionals are required to achieve a personal target. This often results in Benefit claimants being wrongly classed as fit for work under the standards laid down by ATOS and agreed by the DWP.

These academic standards do not take into account the individuals needs, thus the result of standardized testing is not everyone “fits” the template. Coupled with this, ATOS Origin currently employ Healthcare Professionals who are not fully qualified Doctors. These individuals have qualifications ranging from recently qualified Physiotherapists to retired specialist’s, the majority of HCP’s being made up of those with minor medical qualifications and retired G.P.’s, some of whom have a poor grasp of the English Language. These HCP’s undergo 3 days of training with ATOS Origin and are then introduced to the company via their in-house training programme. During their in-house training the HCP’s shadow existing HCP’s and are then allowed to “practice” solo.

In considering the above it is clear that ATOS Origin are the wrong “Type” of company to undertake these “assessments” as they are clearly a profit orientated private sector company. A direct result of this is that the company is profit motivated with no consideration of the rights of Welfare Benefit claimants.

ATOS Origin also train DWP Decision Makers in interpreting their HCP reports, this clearly represents a conflict of interest and simply encourages the DWP DM’s to fall on the side of the ATOS Origin HCP when awarding points to a claimants report.

With these points in mind we feel that the information given on this forum is reasonable. Whilst we do not condone Welfare Benefit Fraud we feel it is reasonable to forewarn potential Claimants of the actions of ATOS Origin and of the DWP Decision Makers and prepare them for the assessment prior to it taking place.

At present we believe the system currently in place is seriously flawed. The outcome of this is that large numbers of genuinely disabled Welfare Benefit Claimants are being classed as fit for work and put into a situation where they are forced to claim JSA just to get by. This puts genuine claimants in a difficult position as they are then required to sign a declaration which states they are fit and ready for work. This is an unacceptably biased system which clearly puts the claimant in a no win situation.

It is our intention to prepare every claimant we can prior to their assessment, we feel this action is legitimate as the system is seriously flawed from the outset. We therefore feel that any information we provide, which results in claimants gaining the required number of points to retain their Benefits is fully justified.

If and when a legitimate reform of the benefits system takes place, without prejudice we will welcome and support any input from independent Welfare Benefit Support Agencies not associated with the DWP or any other Government Department. We will also support consultation with Welfare Benefit claimants and the General Public and in taking this action hope to bring a fair and transparent system into being. It is essential to seek input from all parties in a fair and equitable manner whilst the Government develops its own reform proposal.

If and when a fair and transparent assessment system is introduced we will inform our readers accordingly.

This is simply the spin they put on reducing the amount of money they see as wasted on people who are not contributing to society. Yes, wasted, that’s the view they take and unless we stand up to be counted they will get away with it. Just think, if we allow the present Government or the Tories back into number 10 then they will take the view that we, the people of Great Britain have given them a mandate to attack those in receipt of disability benefits. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? but its true.

When you approach the ballot box next week, I would like you to consider thinking carefully where you place your x. If you put it against the Labour Party, you will have more of the same with the addition of further attacks on our rights to benefit. If you put it next to the Tory candidate you will have more of the same but with an unknown quantity which will put disabled people under further unnecessary stress. It is our right to claim disability benefits, whether it is long, medium or short-term. We must let them know where we stand as an influential and important group of voters, who do contribute to society. We have a vote, lets use it to our own advantage, not theirs.

They all say it is far too easy to get sickness and disability benefits. They are wrong, have they actually tried to claim benefits? have they actually had a look at the rules and regulations DWP healthcare professionals can apply to DLA claims? Have they ever had a letter from a decision maker, based hundreds of miles from their home, who has relied upon the opinion of a “Doctor” who judges your level of disability without examination, consultation or any other form of contact with you on the “balance of probability”. The balance of probability? its unreal! Its time to change the system for the better, its time to change the draconian rules used to assess a persons level of disability in this manner. Its time to say, “No, you can’t ignore the evidence from G.P.’s, Specialists and experts”. Its time to say “you as a “Doctor” are bound by the same laws governing the NHS and as such are liable to suffer the same consequences as they would under Law when you are wrong”. What about the huge number of people who battle with the DWP for a year or more for DLA or other benefits to which they are rightfully and legally entitled? ITS NOT EASY TO GET DISABILITY BENEFITS AND I DEFY ANYONE TO PROVE OTHERWISE.

So when you go to the polling station next week, think of what your Government can do for you as a disabled person. Think of the impact 3 million disabled votes against the Tories and Labour will have, think about how you will be forced to attend a  ”medical” which you know you can not fail, think of the effect it will have on you, your family and even your home. You have far more to lose than the politicians do, they will still have jobs after the election, they will still have an income, they will still have access to expenses, they will still be better off than you. So why not stand up and be counted, vote for whatever party you see as being for the rights of  the disabled population. Lets stand together and put the Great back into Britain. Remember, the pen is mightier than the sword and you have the power to prove it.

 I’ll be back

Take a look at  Aberdeen and Burnley first under the cosh.

Don’t get me wrong, I (and I’m sure you) know that there are many unscrupulous people out there who are making bogus and illegal claims. I don’t condone this and like other genuinely disabled people want to see an end to this practice. However, I don’t see why those genuinely disabled claimants should be tarred with the same brush.

What I want to do here is to create a site where people can say what they want without fear of reprisal, identify and draw attention to bad practice, name and shame unprofessional behaviour by ATOS Healthcare Doctors and DWP staff, show how inaccessible some of the buildings these so called “caring professionals” are occupying and expose the reasons why they are in such dubious locations.

I myself have recently fallen under the scrutiny of the DWP and fully expect my benefits to be stopped at any moment. So to set the ball rolling, I’ll post my story soon.

P.S. If you would like to email me directly, you can at dwpexamination@aol.com I’d be very interested in your feedback.