DWP faces backlash over plan to give civil servants without clinical training disability benefit decision-making powers
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Patrick O'Donnell
1mo ago· 2 min readenNews
Summary
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing backlash over a proposed overhaul of the disability benefit system that would transfer decision-making powers from qualified healthcare professionals to unelected civil servants without clinical training. Activists and critics are calling the plan a "recipe for disaster," arguing it could lead to unfair assessments and negatively impact disabled benefit claimants. The changes involve billions of pounds in benefits and have sparked concerns about the lack of medical expertise in key decisions.
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Activists are accusing the department of fundamentally altering how disability benefits are assessed
Transferring key decision-making powers away from qualified healthcare professionals and into the hands of civil servants without clinical training
A covert Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) overhaul of the disability benefit regime is being slammed as "receipt for disaster" as unelected civil servants will be handed more decision-making decisions.Activists are accusing the department of fundame
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