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'This brutal new system': a GP's take on Atos and work capability assessments

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'This brutal new system': a GP's take on Atos and work capability assessments

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I couldn't get the link to work.

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Thank you for posting this. The weight of GP assessment on a patient's work capability and on how their illness - physical or mental, affects their daily lives should be given equal weight - at a minimum - to a tick-box system.

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