on the sick..

on the sick was a whirlwind of television drama, and hopefully the primetime exposure that spells the end of the work capability assessment as we know and dread today.

It focused on Dr Bick, who went undercover to become an atos assessor. He learnt, and exposed what activists have been saying for months and years. DWP is forcing people off sick benefits and using ATOS to do it.

I think thats the main point. This is not just ATOS, this isn't just a dodgy company out to get disabled people. This is a systemic and endemic attack on disabled people who are incapable of defending themselves against the reforms that were originally designed to support people into work, but as the tv showed tonight has turned into a farce, where only certain types of cancer are entitled to benefit, and if you can push a button, you can work.

What sort of country are we living in? Where people are considered fit to work if they are facing cancer, or severe life limiting illnesses. As the quote goes, the sign of a civilised society is how you support the most vunerable

Getting rid of ATOS will not work, reforming and tweaking the benefit will not work. Only a complete re think of the entire benefit itself will actually work.

As Sue Marsh said, How terminally ill do you have to be to be considered ill enough for benefit?

Lets hope this is the beginning of the end.