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PIP assessors branded 'incompetent' at best and 'actively deceitful' at worst

14 Feb 2018

MPs have criticised assessors of the two main disability benefits, Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), branding them 'at best lacking in competence and at worst actively deceitful'......

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Fifteen-minute visits for intimate care 'indicative of a care system in crisis'

08 Feb 2018

Around 20,000 people in the UK are receiving ‘flying care visits’ lasting for only 15 minutes, with at least 18,875 people receiving these visits for support with intimate personal care, new research shows. This is despite guidance.....

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