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‘Complacent’ DWP needs ‘major shake-up’ on work fitness tests

14/02/2013 – 3:00 pm

An influential committee of MPs has delivered a scathing account of the failure of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to challenge the poor performance of its “fitness for work” contractor Atos Healthcare.
The public accounts committee says in its report, published today (Friday), that DWP is “getting far too many decisions wrong” through its [...]

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Labour’s integration plans could see NHS take over social care

31/01/2013 – 3:00 pm

Leading disabled campaigners have welcomed Labour’s plans for “full integration” between the NHS and the social care system, but have raised concerns about putting the NHS in charge.
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, said he wanted to see “whole person care”, with “one budget, one service co-ordinating all of one person’s needs: physical, mental and [...]

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