3 August 2017

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

What: Disability News Service collects more than 200 cases into healthcare professionals working for Capita and Atos lying in PIP assessment reports they had written for DWP. But DWP, Atos and Capita all refuse to launch an investigation into the claims of widespread dishonesty.

Why significant: Shows continuing systemic problems within the outsourced assessment system