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Call for changes to disabled work assessments
MSPs believe five changes are needed to improve the assessment process.
The DWP said there was strong evidence that working can be beneficial for many people who have a health condition
The assessment used to decide whether ill or disabled people can work should be made more “effective and humane”, a Holyrood committee has said.
The UK government said the criteria was developed in consultation with medical experts and disability groups.
It looks at an individual’s ability to work, “taking into account the modern workplace and developments in healthcare”.
