Breaking News: Atos want out of UK contract!! !!

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I've just heard this on the car radio.

The following is from the BBC News homepage.

IT company Atos has confirmed it is seeking to end its government contract to assess whether benefits claimants are fit to work.

Staff carrying out work capability assessments for Atos have received death threats online and in person, according to the Financial Times.

In a statement, Atos pledged to carry on undertaking the tests until a new company was in a position to take over.

But the government said that standards at Atos had declined unacceptably.

Disability campaigners have described the work tests as "ridiculously harsh and extremely unfair".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26287199

This is BIG news.

We won't know whether things will improve as a result, though.

One this is for sure - it can't make things much worse!

If it's the system that is causing all the problems of wrong assessments or the fact that poorly educated health care professionals are doing these assessments whoever takes over the contract will just be doing the same surely?

The staff will just reapply for their old jobs with the new operators of the contract I would imagine.

I suspect that it's both the system & Atos.

That's a good point about the staff applying for the new jobs.

I suspect that it's both the system & Atos.

That's a good point about the staff applying for the new jobs.