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Fit for work was trigger
Michael O’Sullivan committed suicide in September 2013. He had been suffering from anxiety and depression for a number of years and had previously been in receipt of incapacity benefit.

Following the inquest into his death in January 2014, the coroner issued a Regulation 28 report which is designed to prevent future deaths occurring in similar circumstances.

In the report the coroner stated that:

“I found that the trigger for Mr O ’Sullivan’s suicide was his recent assessment by a DWP doctor as being fit for work .”

The Coroner went on to say that:

“During the course of the inquest , the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern. In my opinion , there is a risk that future deaths will occur unless action is taken . In the circumstances , it is my statutory duty to report to you [the DWP]. “

The matters of concern which the coroner set out were:.

“The DWP assessing doctor (who saw Mr O ’ Sullivan for a 90 minute consultation) did not take into account the views of any of Mr O’ Sullivan’s treating doctors, saying that the ultimate decision maker would do that.

“However, the ultimate decision maker (who is not , I understand, medically qualified) did not request and so did not see any reports or letters from Mr O’Sullivan’s general practitioner (who had assessed him as being unfit for work), his psychiatrist or his clinical psychologist.”

The DWP were given 56 days to respond, setting out what action they would take to prevent similar deaths

According to the Disability News Service the Atos health practitioner who examined Mr O’Sullivan was a former orthopaedic surgeon.

DWP response
In their response the DWP claimed that there was a clear policy that further medical evidence should be sought where a claimant mentioned suicidal thoughts in their claim form, but that policy had not been followed in this case.

The DWP said they would issue a reminder to staff, but nothing more than that.

It is worth remembering at this point that the DWP have repeatedly claimed, both in the run up to the election and since, that it is not possible to make any causal link between the deaths of claimants and welfare reform.

Yet, they were very clearly aware last year that a coroner had found that a claimant who had undergone the transfer from incapacity benefit to ESA and been found fit for work had committed suicide as a direct result of that decision.

IDS outrage
As a reminder, this is the Guardian’s account of how Iain Duncan Smith exploded with self-righteous rage when the Green’s Jonathan Bartley quizzed him about suicides linked to welfare reform.

“That’s just scurrilous. You make an allegation and you can not stand that up and I simply say to you be very careful. You say you’re a Christian, be very careful what you say about people’s motivations. . . what I’m telling you now is what we absolutely know is you can not make allegations about individual cases, in tragic cases where obviously things go badly wrong and suddenly say this is directly as a result of Government policy. I totally reject that. What a scurrilous point to make. I think what you said is cheap.”

You can read the full story on the DNS website

You can download the coroner’s report from this link - WARNING, it contains details of the manner of death

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Didn't they have to force information out of DWP about the number of deaths directly related to ATOS/Fit for Work and benefit sanctions?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

If you want to be truely horrified follow this link:

https://www.change.org/p/rt-hon-david-c ... e_petition

Yep ...2700 deaths..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Well covered in our local Paper the Camden Journal absolutely disgusting what they did to this man and of course GRANDADS TORY VERMIN are doing it DAILY ACROSS THE NATION 2700 DEATHS PLENTY MORE FOR SURE

ALL TORYS ARE FEKKING SCUM

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

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NO DISAGREEMENT THERE THEN

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

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GRANDAD THE FEKKING TORY VERMIN COUNCILLOR IS INCAPABLE OF DEFENDING HIS PARTYS ACTIVITIES OR BEING HONEST [YEP A STRANGE CONCEPT FOR HIM} AND CRITICIZING THESE DESPICABLE ACTIONS OF THE VERMIN .....................SO CREDIBILITY FROM GRANDAD ............................NAH JUST COWARDICE OR HYPOCRISY .....................SH!TOUSE

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I AM PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN NOBODY'S SUBJECT http://www.republic.org.u

F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE

STILL HIDING TORY FEKKING GOBSHITE KKUNT

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All posts by this contributor are made in a strictly personal capacity

I AM PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN NOBODY'S SUBJECT http://www.republic.org.u

F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE

GRANDAD THE FEKKING TORY VERMIN COUNCILLOR IS INCAPABLE OF DEFENDING HIS PARTYS ACTIVITIES OR BEING HONEST [YEP A STRANGE CONCEPT FOR HIM} AND CRITICIZING THESE DESPICABLE ACTIONS OF THE VERMIN .....................SO CREDIBILITY FROM GRANDAD ............................NAH JUST COWARDICE OR HYPOCRISY .....................SH!TOUSE [/quote]

STILL HIDING TORY FEKKING GOBSHITE KKUNT[/quote][/quote]

He's not hiding, he's just ignoring you, it appears you can't wind him up unlike wanner

STILL HIDING TORY FEKKING GOBSHITE KKUNT[/quote][/quote]

He's not hiding, he's just ignoring you, it appears you can't wind him up unlike wanner[/quote]

Wannas good at winding up Grandad boasts of being active within the Tory Party and displays his complete docility by refusing to answer for the activities of his Party remember this kkunt is a Councillor, hypocrisy you bet hes a lickspittle


I will always respond to comments on the Labour Party which for years i have been active in and will demean them when i want !!

ITS CALLED HONESTY WELL DONE TT

FEKK ORF TORY GRANDAD GO LICK SOME ASSOLE PONCEEEEEEEEEEEE

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I thought he became a councillor for his own agenda? I'm not sure he's that political.

READ WHAT THE KKUNT PUTS ON HERE ............................HES A DESPICABLE HYPOCRITE

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F88K EM ALL WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE

This is good..https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/perso ... -self-test

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!