Daily Archives: 01/11/2011

Union ridiculed over defence of Atos members

Disabled activists have ridiculed a union’s claims that its members have been unfairly criticised for the way they test disabled people’s “fitness for work”.
Prospect believes criticism by disabled benefits claimants and in the media of healthcare professionals who carry out the controversial tests for the company Atos Healthcare is “grossly unfair”.
Geraldine O’Connell, Prospect’s national secretary, [...]