1946

National Health Service Act (NHSA) and the National Insurance Act (NIA). Read More

1950

One Nation Conservative Group challenges welfare state universalism. Read More

1951-1965

National Assistance Amendment Acts and Determination of Needs Regulations. Read More

1965-1966

National Insurance (NI) Act 1965 and the Ministry of Social Security Act (MSSA) 1966. Read More

1965

National Insurance Act. Read More

August 1970

Department for Health and Social Security (DHSS) says needs are to be determined by resources. Read More

1980

The Social Security Act (SSA). Read More

28 November 1983

Invalidity Benefit regulations introduced requiring a doctor’s certificate. Read More

6 April 1992

Introduction of disability living allowance, enabling more disabled people able to claim support for some of their extra impairment-related costs. Read More

10 June 1993

Leaked Whitehall documents reveal plans to cut Invalidity Benefit. Read More

1994

US insurance company Unum Provident advise the UK government on ‘welfare reform’ to reduce the number of claimants of long-term sickness benefits. Read More

5 July 1994

Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 receives royal assent. Read More

13 April 1995

Key measures from the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 come into force, including replacing Invalidity Benefit with Incapacity Benefit, and introducing the points-based All Work Test, as well as regulation 27 – providing a ‘safety net’ for those who faced a ‘substantial risk’ of harm if they were found capable of work. Read More

July 1995

Professor Wikeley publishes paper highlighting the risks of The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994, saying that it reaffirms idea of the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor, begins the move away from GP-led benefits assessments, and is designed to encourage people to take up private insurance, leaving marginalised groups with inadequate protection. Read More

August 1995

Paper (co-written by US insurance company UnumProvident Vice President) suggests removing GPs from assessing fitness to work. Read More

November 1995

Ministers in the John Major administration approve decision to outsource medical assessments for benefits. Read More

28 October 1996

The Department of Social Security tells the Social Security Advisory Committee that intended policy changes to remove the ‘substantial risk’ rules (which provide vital safeguarding) would have no detrimental effect. Read More

28 October 1996

Child Poverty Acton Group (CPAG) writes to the Social Security Advisory Committee. Read More

6 November 1996

Department of Social Security says removing ‘significant risk’ regulation is ‘neutral’ despite providing a ‘safety net’ for those facing a ‘significant risk’ of harm if found capable of work. This means the committee does not see a formal referral and the regulation is approved by parliament (the removal will later be found to be unlawful). Read More

6 November 1996

Clinicians appointed by the DSS removal of regulation 27, which provides vital safeguarding to those whose mental and/or physical health is ‘substantial risk’ if found fit to work. Read More

6 January 1997

Regulation 27 ‘substantial risk’ – a key safety net for claimants at risk of serious harm if they are found fit for work – is removed from regulations. Read More

December 1997

Child Poverty Action group raises concerns over removal of “significant risk” clause – finding that the Social Security Advisory Committee had been ‘misled’ by the DSS. Read More

21 December 1999

‘Permanent Health Insurance’ Westminster Hall debate by Clive Efford MP debated the increasing wrongful denial of PHI claims. Read More

2000

The All Work Test is reformed and renamed the Personal Capability Assessment, and is outsourced to SEMA, which would be taken over by Atos. Read More

9 March 2001

National Audit Office report finds “serious problems” with medical assessment of Incapacity and disability benefits. Read More

November 2001

Woodstock conference on “malingering and illness deception”, partly funded by UnumProvident and DWP, will play a key role in justifying welfare reform. Read More

13 October 2002 and 17 November 2002

News programmes expose claims denial practices in the USA at Unum (who are currently advising the UK government on welfare reform). Read More

17 October 2003

National Audit Office report finds backlog of assessment cases and early signs of DWP’s failure to seek medical evidence early in the assessment process. Read More

10 December 2003

DWP’s chief medical adviser, Mansel Aylward, gives evidence to the Commons Public Accounts Committee over accusations that health care professionals, carrying out assessments on behalf of DWP, are treating claimants like “lumps of meat.” Read More

2005

US insurance giant UnumProvident says it is driving government policy on Incapacity Benefit reform. Read More

1 January 2005

Research published into how DWP and Atos secure further medical evidence from claimants. Read More

3 October 2005

California insurance regulators fine Unum $8 million, including for using wrong legal definition of disability to deny claims, requiring the company to reopen as many as 26,000 California cases. Read More

11 October 2005

DWP commission a report on ‘The Scientific and Conceptual Basis of Incapacity Benefits’, which lays the framework for the 2006 Welfare Reform Bill. Read More

January 2006

The New Labour government publishes “A New Deal for Welfare” green paper, introducing the new employment and support allowance, which will replace incapacity benefit and include conditionality for most claimants. Read More

25 January 2006

Tony Blair supports welfare shake-up, warning that unemployed people, single parents and those on incapacity benefit that they could no longer expect “a lifetime” on benefit. Read More

September 2006

DWP publishes progress report on developing the work capability assessment. Read More

31 May 2007

Welfare Reform Act 2007 receives royal assent, introducing changes that will impact millions of disabled people, including the new employment and support allowance (ESA) and the work capability assessment (WCA). Read More

3 July 2007

“Doctor” is changed to “healthcare professional” in amendments to the social security regulations, related to medical opinion in determining fitness to work. Read More

9 November 2007

Labour announces the new work capability assessment for claiming employment and support allowance, with DWP claiming that “Fifty per cent of those who take the assessment will not pass it”. Read More

15 January 2008

Bid to regulate health care professionals carrying out work capability assessments fails. Read More

2 February 2008

David Freud suggests that less than a third of those claiming incapacity benefit are legitimate claimants. Read More

1 April 2008

Work and pensions secretary (of the Blair administration) announces plans to get tough on “scroungers” by retesting everyone on Incapacity Benefit through the new Work Capability Assessment. Read More

27 October 2008

Introduction of Employment and Support Allowance and the Work Capability Assessment – key elements of Labour’s welfare reform which aims to use conditionality to cut spending on out-of-work benefits. Read More

10 December 2008

White Paper ‘Raising Expectations and Increasing Support: Reforming Welfare for the Future’, which claims that “everyone on incapacity benefit” will be moved to ESA, and supports use of conditionality and sanctions, is discussed in House of Lords. Read More

14 October 2009

The Express publishes misleading and inaccurate benefit fraud story about incapacity benefit claimants “faking their illnesses”. Read More

October 2009

DWP publishes internal review of work capability assessment. Read More

1 January 2010

The death of Stephen Carré after finding that DWP had confirmed its decision to find him ineligible for ESA. Read More

4 May 2010

Coroner Tom Osborne receives initial response to the Stephen Carré PFD from DWP permanent secretary Sir Leigh Lewis. Read More

12 May 2010

Coroner Tom Osborne replies to Sir Leigh Lewis, saying that DWP does not need to investigate the circumstances surrounding Stephen Carré’s death but does need to investigate use of medical evidence. Read More

10 June 2010

The death of Paul Reekie. Read More

22 June 2010

Budget reveals plans to slash spending on disability living allowance through a new assessment process. Read More

28 June 2010

Iain Duncan Smith suggests disabled people are to blame for planned cuts to Disability Living Allowance. Read More

September 2010

DWP fails in its legal duty to respond to the Stephen Carré prevention of future deaths report. Read More

6 October 2010

Coroner Tom Osborne writes to the father of Stephen Carré, saying he has received no “substantive response” to his prevention of future deaths report. Read More

23 November 2010

Professor Malcolm Harrington publishes his first independent review of the Work Capability Assessment, finding that the system is “impersonal” but not “broken” (later evidence would emerge that he had not been informed by DWP of the coroner’s report for Stephen Carré.) Read More

15 June 2011

David Cameron says the work capability assessment is necessary to stop “bad behaviour.” Read More

October 2011

Insurance provider Unum denies it will profit from incapacity benefit reform. Read More

3 October 2011

Iain Duncan Smith tells Conservative party conference that incapacity benefit is abused and open to fraud. Read More

27 October 2011

BBC broadcasts The Future State of Welfare, which mirrors government rhetoric, and uses faulty data, about the work capability assessment system. Read More

October 2011

Pat’s Petition, asking the DWP to stop changes to benefits, is submitted on the UK Government’s website. Read More

November 2011

Professor Harrington publishes his second review of the WCA. Read More

2 April 2012

Mind chief executive resigns from Work Capability Assessment (WCA) review scrutiny panel, arguing that the assessment process “isn’t working”. Read More

June 2012

Doctors vote to end the work capability assessment (WCA), thanks to lobbying from disabled activists. Read More

8 June 2012

The death of Karen Sherlock, 2 weeks after she was told she would be eligible once again to receive Employment support Allowance (ESA). Read More

20 June 2012

Email leaked from Jobcentre managers to staff after a claimant attempts suicide after being told his sickness benefit would be cut off. Read More

30 July 2012

Two investigative documentaries about Atos and the work capability assessment (WCA) are broadcast on the same night, showing evidence of target driven assessment culture. Read More

12 September 2012

MP raises concerns over the death of Colin Traynor, whose family say they “hold the Government…personally responsible”. Read More

25 September 2012

The death of Edward Jacques, a week after his Employment Support Allowance (ESA) was stopped, which his family say was a major “trigger”. The coroner raises issues with the assessment process, specifically the failure to get medical evidence. Read More

27 September 2012

The death of Brian McArdle, the day after he was deemed “fit to work” following a work capability assessment (WCA). Read More

November 2012

WOW Petition Campaign, created by disabled people and building on Pat’s Petition, calls for a cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms. Read More

19 November 2012

DWP suggests that providing further medical evidence would be too heavy a burden on GPs. Read More

2013

Linda Wootton dies nine days after DWP upholds its decision to declare her “fit for work.” Read More

17 January 2013

Commons debate on work capability assessment and Atos.   Read More

April 2013

Launch of new personal independence payment (PIP) Read More

April 2013

DWP introduces mandatory reconsiderations – a new internal appeal stage for benefits.  Read More

4 May 2013

The death of Stephanie Bottrill  – her suicide note blames the government’s “bedroom tax”. Read More

16 May 2013

Former Atos assessor blows the whistle on unfair practices, saying the DWP is the “real culprit”. Read More

9 August 2013

The death of Mark Wood after being found ineligible for Employment Support Allowance (ESA). Read More

23 August 2013

The death of David Barr, a month after the confirmation of the decision to find him fit for work, which his Father says was the trigger leading to his suicide.  Read More

24 September 2013

The death of Michael O’Sullivan after being found fit for work. Read More

25 September 2013

The death of Tim Salter after being found fit for work. A coroner later ruled that a major factor in his death was the reduction in his benefits. Read More

28 September 2013

10,000 Cuts and Counting event in Parliament Square to remember the thousands of disabled people who have died shortly after a Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Read More

December 2013

The Spartacus Network leads the Second People’s Review of the Work Capability Assessment, including accounts of deaths linked to being found fit for work.  Read More

December 2013

Publication of fourth independent review of the Work Capability Assessment – with no mention of deaths or suicides. Read More

4 December 2013

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that the Work Capability Assessment discriminates against some disabled people. Read More

4 December 2013

Despite the Court of Appeal ruling that the Work Capability Assessment discriminates against people with mental health conditions, the DWP tells senior civil servants it is “business as usual”. Read More

7 January 2014

Inquest into the death of Michael O’Sullivan, where the Coroner concludes that the trigger for Michael O’Sullivan’s suicide was his assessment as being fit for work, and writes a prevention of future deaths report to DWP, saying that “there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken”. Read More

March 2014

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland publishes a report into the death of Ms DE, finding that the process and denial of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) were a major factor in her suicide. Read More

July 2014

Launch of New Approach campaign and release of work capability assessment report – finding the process “abusive” and “inhumane”. Read More

13 August 2014

DWP data shows increase in use of sanctions against Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants. Read More

22 August 2014

DWP questioned about what records they keep of deaths linked to the benefits system. Read More

30 September 2014

Welfare rights expert and campaigner Nick Dilworth tells newspaper about the “toxic” Work Capability Assessment, and links to deaths. Read More

Late September 2014

The new Conservative minister for disabled people insists DWP is right to ignore reports of deaths linked to benefits. Read More

14 October 2014

DWP admits for the first time that it carries out investigations into some deaths of claimants. Read More

7 November 2014

Faiza Ahmed (known to her family as Sophie) dies by suicide, hours after telling a jobcentre work coach that she was suicidal. Read More

10 November 2014

DWP questioned over how many coroner’s letters about benefits-related deaths it has received in the past 10 years. Read More

November 2014

Litchfield publishes fifth and final independent review of the work capability assessment, with no mention of the DWP’s own reviews into deaths of claimants. Read More

January 2015

Labour MP speaks of “core visits” procedures, which are supposed to be followed when a  “vulnerable” person is sanctioned. Read More

2 February 2015

A man (name kept anonymous) dies by suicide after being rejected for both Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA). Read More

19 February 2015

DWP admits that 40 of the 49 peer reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants it has carried out were in response to suicides. Read More

2 March 2015

Maximus takes over from Atos as provider of work capability assessments, sparking protests. Read More

March 2015

The death of Sheila Holt, following a work capability assessment. Read More

12 March 2015

Dismissal of further medical evidence case on the work capability assessment and discrimination, but upper tribunal administrative appeals chamber criticises minister. Read More

30 April 2015

Black Triangle film listing people whose deaths are linked to the welfare system.  Read More

8 May 2015

DWP admits that 10 of the 49 claimants whose deaths were examined by peer reviews had had their benefits sanctioned. Read More

19 May 2015

DWP raises issues with sanctions and safeguarding of vulnerable claimants by the companies delivering its Work Programme. Read More

29 May 2015

The death of Luke Alexander Loy, three months after being found fit for work and sanctioned. His sister said “he died as a result of Tory cuts”. Read More

August 2015

The death of Moira Drury, after the removal of her employment and support allowance (ESA). Read More

27 August 2015

DWP publish statistics on how many people died while claiming out-of-work benefits. Read More

29 August 2015

The death of Alan McArdle, an hour after being told that DWP was threatening to sanction him – stopping his employment and support allowance (ESA). Read More

17 September 2015

Information commissioner rejects complaint about DWP refusal to release peer reviews, supporting DWP’s’ response that this would breach data protection. Read More

18 September 2015

First coroner’s report to link work capability assessment (WCA) with the death of a person claiming benefits – Michael O’Sullivan. Read More

13 October 2015

Priti Patel denies causality between sanctions and suicides. Read More

14 October 2015

Mother of Mark Wood (who died after being found ineligible for employment and support allowance (ESA)) gives evidence to UN committee. Read More

November 2015

The death of Paul Donnachie, after his employment and support allowance (ESA) is removed. Read More

16 November 2015

Research shows links between Work Capability Assessments and suicides Read More

December 2015

DWP, in guidance to healthcare professionals working for Maximus, changes suicide from a “definitive” “substantial risk” if forced into work, to something that should be weighed against ‘benefits of employment”. Read More

11 December 2015

Mental health experts describe how “ruthless” DWP forced through Work Capability Assessments despite knowing of harm. Read More

8 January 2016

National Audit Office (NAO) publishes report on disability assessments and private contractors. Read More

28 January 2016

Ministry of Justice refuses to investigate DWP’s failure to respond to Stephen Carré prevention of future deaths (PFD) report. Read More

3 March 2016

Information Rights Tribunal hears Disability news Service case against the information commissioner over its finding that DWP did not need to release peer reviews into the deaths of benefit claimants. Read More

23 March 2016

Disabled activists ask Scottish police to investigate ministers over work capability assessment (WCA) deaths. Read More

April 2016

Capita faces fresh calls to be stripped of personal independence payment (PIP) contracts after release of Channel 4 undercover footage.  Read More

11 April 2016

The Information Rights Tribunal rules DWP must release redacted versions of peer reviews. Read More

12 May 2016

DWP releases redacted versions of 49 peer reviews, showing that ministers were repeatedly warned that policies were putting the lives of “vulnerable” claimants at risk. Read More

18 May 2016

Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Deidre Brock backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Grayling for their failure to make the work capability assessment (WCA) safe. Read More

19 May 2016

The death of Susan Roberts, after being told she had lost a benefit appeal. Read More

30 August 2016

New reviews into deaths of people claiming benefits show DWP staff keep failing to follow suicide guidelines. Read More

September 2016

Changes to DWP guidance (including regulation 35) on safety and risk lead to sharp fall in claimants placed in employment and support allowance (ESA) support group, and increase in number of people found ‘fit for work’. Read More

13 September 2016

Freedom of information battle with DWP finds Maximus memo on suicide guidance and medical evidence was sent a few days after the existence of the Michael O’Sullivan prevention of future deaths report was first revealed. Read More

October 2016

DWP publishes Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper.  Read More

7 November 2016

UN report concludes DWP is guilty of “grave” and “systematic” violations of disabled people. Read More

19 December 2016

Professor Harrington believes he was never shown work capability assessment (WCA) related peer reviews into claimants’ deaths. Read More

12 January 2017

The death of Lawrence Bond, hours after visiting jobcentre. Read More

February 2017

Report by Mental Health and Unemployment in Scotland finds that the work capability assessment (WCA) has a negative impact on mental health. Read More

21 February 2017

The death of Jodey Whiting, after being found fit for work, despite telling the DWP about her suicidal thoughts. Read More

21 April 2017

The death of Diane Hullah, linked to anxiety caused by the personal independence payment (PIP) application process. Read More

10 May 2017

DWP “has gone back on promise” to address work capability assessment (WCA) further medical evidence flaw. Read More

26 July 2017

The death of Mark Barber, shortly after learning his disability benefits would be cut. Coroner mentions stress linked to reassessment for disability benefits. Read More

August 2017

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities committee says government cuts caused “human catastrophe”. Read More

August 2017

DWP data shows some groups are at substantially higher risk of experiencing a jobseekers allowance (JSA) sanction. Read More

3 August 2017

Disability News Service investigates allegations of professionals’ dishonesty in benefits assessments outsourced to Capita and Atos. Read More

16 November 2017

Government inquiry into benefits assessment processes receives unprecedented number of submissions. Read More

December 2017

Mental health charity Rethink publishes report on how the work capability assessment (WCA) discriminates against people with mental illness. Read More

14 December 2017

NHS statistics on the link between employment support allowance and suicide prompt calls for inquiry and prosecution of ministers. Read More

14 February 2018

The Commons work and pensions committee finds the assessment system is undermined by “pervasive culture of mistrust”. Read More

20 February 2018

Research shows that benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled people claiming jobseeker’s allowance (JSA). Read More

18 April 2018

Government responds to work and pensions committee’s report on assessments process. Read More

June 2018

Research published from five-year study into welfare conditionality, findings include link between sanctions and deaths, including suicide. Read More

20 June 2018

The death of Errol Graham, months after DWP wrongly stopped his employment support allowance (ESA), and failed to seek further medical evidence. Read More

19 July 2018

Four opposition parties demand DWP answers over work capability assessment deaths “cover-up”. Read More

17 September 2018

Number of DWP investigations (internal process reviews) into deaths of people claiming benefits double in two years. Read More

26 September 2018

Scottish government sets out plans to bring benefit assessments in-house. Read More

November 2018

The sister of a man with learning difficulties says his death was caused by his move onto the government’s “chaotic” universal credit system.  Read More

18 November 2018

The death of Roy Curtis, six days after being asked to attend a face-to-face work capability assessment (WCA). Read More

1 February 2019

DWP figures show thousands died after having personal independence payment (PIP) claims rejected. Read More

March 2019

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd launches Health Transformation Programme – to reform assessment processes. Read More

11 March 2019

DWP figures suggest deaths linked to the work capability assessment (WCA) may have fallen. Read More

25 March 2019

DWP withholds documents on benefits-related deaths from work capability assessment (WCA) review team. Read More

28 March 2019

Secret recording of face-to-face benefits assessment shows Capita assessor lying about woman’s thoughts of suicide. Read More

April 2019

The death of James Oliver, a few months after DWP’s refusal to grant him personal independence payment (PIP). Read More

15 April 2019

The death of Stephen Smith, following an 18-month battle with DWP over being found fit for work. Read More

2 May 2019

Responses to freedom of information requests show DWP and assessors fail to refer claimants at risk of harm to social services. Read More

6 June 2019

MP Debbie Abrahams asks the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to investigate why evidence about deaths linked to the work capability assessment (WCA) was withheld from independent reviews. Read More

4 July 2019

Minister questioned over failure to pass evidence about deaths linked to the work capability assessment (WCA) to independent reviewer. Read More

16 October 2019

The death of Philippa Day, after she had been told she would need to attend an assessment centre for a face-to-face appointment to decide her claim for personal independence payment (PIP). Read More

Late November 2019

The death of Christian Wilcox, a few days before he is due to attend an appeal tribunal into DWP’s decision to remove his personal independence payment (PIP). Read More

2 December 2019

Disability News Service publishes five-year investigation into deaths linked to the work capability assessment (WCA). Read More

5 December 2019

A doctor employed by Atos says DWP put “immense pressure” on Atos to find claimants fit for work. Read More

5 March 2020

Chair of the work and pensions committee asks work and pensions secretary questions about the NAO report. Read More

20 March 2020

Work and pensions secretary responds to questions from Chair of the work and pensions committee, telling him about DWP’s new “Service Excellence Directorate”, including funding for safeguarding and clarifying purpose of internal process reviews (IPRs). Read More

16 July 2020

Coroner’s prevention of future deaths report into death of Faiza Ahmed is made public, showing jobcentre’s failings contributed to her death. Read More

16 July 2020

Family or Errol Graham win right to court challenge on DWP safeguarding. Read More

22 July 2020

Work and pensions secretary speaks about serious case panel and safeguarding. Read More

8 September 2020

New DWP figures show that, in just two years, 1,700 disabled people died within three months of having their claim for personal independence payment (PIP) rejected.  Read More

29 September 2020

Work and pensions secretary outlines DWP’s revised guidance on home visits procedures, while again saying the department has no duty of care. Read More

17 December 2020

New analysis of figures suggests DWP is failing to investigate hundreds of suicides of benefits claimants. Read More

26 December 2020

The death of Philip Pakree, after distress caused by an upcoming work capability assessment (WCA). Read More

13 January 2021

High court hears evidence from family of Errol Graham in judicial review hearing. Read More

27 January 2021

Coroner at Philippa Day’s inquest finds flawed personal independence payment (PIP) system led to her death. Read More

23 February 2021

Report from the all-party parliamentary group on health in all policies, says 2016 welfare reforms had devastating impacts on disabled people, and calls for inquiry into deaths of benefit claimants. Read More

26 March 2021

Research shows testimony from DWP staff admitting inflicting “psychological harm” on claimants to meet unofficial sanctioning targets during coalition years. Read More

20 July 2021

DWP publishes Shaping Future Support – health and disability green paper – failing to mention the internal process reviews carried out by the DWP following deaths of claimants. Read More

16 September 2021

The Equality and Human Rights Commission says the government has made no progress on improving the way its social security system protects the rights of disabled people, and that the disability benefits assessment system has led to “the deaths of a number of benefit claimants”. Read More

3 October 2021

Work and pensions secretary signals new bid to try to push more disabled people with high support needs into work. Read More

23 November 2021

DWP refuses to publish figures that would show how disabled people seeking to claim universal credit are experiencing the WCA process Read More

2 December 2021

DWP apologises to autistic man after work coach threatens to stick pins in his eyes. Read More

3 December 2021

Coroner says DWP ‘must act’ after it told severely ill patient to leave hospital to make a claim for universal credit. Read More

8 December 2021

Coffey dismisses call for a new review of the WCA, despite being told of claimant deaths evidence. Read More

8 March 2022

Shadow minister says he wants an inquiry into DWP deaths if Labour wins power. Read More

10 March 2022

Whistleblower claims DWP is forcing distressed claimants to attend weekly meetings Read More

7 April 2022

EHRC confirms it has dropped plans for inquiry into DWP deaths. Read More

28 April 2022

Trio of disabled women say watchdog has failed them on benefit deaths. Read More

26 May 2022

Concerns over impact of DWP’s new anti-fraud plan on disabled people. Read More

2 June 2022

DWP ignored research that linked WCA with 590 suicides, MPs are told. Read More

4 July 2022

Deaths by Welfare timeline public consultation begins.  Read More

5 July 2022

Figures show Internal Process Reviews (IPRs) into deaths and serious harm of claimants  have doubled in three years. Read More