more tests dwp

[rosylyn]

More than a third of the 1.3million people who applied for Employment and Support Allowance were found to be fully capable of working, while a similar proportion abandoned their claims while they were still being processed.

Some were found to be capable of holding down a job with the right help while only 7 per cent of applicants were deemed too ill to carry out any work, including cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy; the terminally ill; and the severely disabled.

Charities claim the bar has been raised too high for seriously ill people to claim out-of-work benefits and point out that many decisions are overturned on appeal.

But the Work and Pensions Minister, Steve Webb, said: “These figures show that many people are able to work with the right help.

“We have strengthened the support now available, tailoring it to individual needs so they can overcome whatever barriers they face.

[Ozzygirl64]

Okay so they have strengthened the support now available, but what are they doing for people like us who have flares of their illness that can last for months on end(I am coming to the end of my 6th week in a fibro flare)and can take months to recover? Come on, are people really going to employ us if we need 6 months of work at the drop of a hat. Most of us have more than one illness going on(I have COPD and EMphysema to go with mine), are we going to be allowed time off for that too. This government needs to get its head out of its own wallet and take a good look at what they have done