Disabled benefit claimants are set to see the welfare system upended over the coming months and years as the DWP prioritizes its health and disability green paper efforts, which explores how the system can better meet the needs of disabled people. On Wednesday, Justin Tomlinson was questioned on the Government’s plans by the Work and Pensions Committee and the Minister was forced to address PIP assessment concerns.
As Mr Tomlinson covered the Government’s plans, Steve McCabe the Labour MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak, raised concerns on the assessment processes facing disabled claimants: “I was struck by a sentence in the National Strategy.
“I don’t know if you’re responsible for this, but it says, what you’re doing is reducing the need for repeated assessments for the individuals needs [while they] remain the same.
“Why shouldn’t you apply that same principle to people on PIP and Work Capability Assessments (WCA)? I dealt with a blind constituent of mine who ‘s constantly called up to the office on the other side of town for his PIP assessment.
“Well his sight is not going to come…
