tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3497987451443381217..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Physician, Take A Good Look At Yourself In A Mirror...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8413205940307753682013-01-14T17:09:46.002+00:002013-01-14T17:09:46.002+00:00I think that with a dozen doctors being investigat...I think that with a dozen doctors being investigated, for, among other things being unlicenced for UK practice, there may be legitimate reasons for concern. That's without over 40% of claimants passed for work winning appeals against the decision.<br />Personally, if I was an unwell person being assessed for work ability, I may reasonably assume that I was not getting a fair hearing if I was assessed by an occupation health "therapist".<br />For those interested...the assessment test starts by getting people to attend a place over a dozen miles away....if they are so unwell they cannot make the trip they fail for non-attendance.....if they manage to attend they fail because they could make it. Monty Pythons all over again !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50509187231302455232013-01-14T09:21:56.177+00:002013-01-14T09:21:56.177+00:00And more on topic:
"Initial setbacks – and h...And more on topic:<br /><br />"<i>Initial setbacks – and here's the really yucky part – have occurred because the pump struggles to break up large foods</i>"<br /><br />Do the people using these things not CHEW their food before swallowing it?? <br /><br />Or do they just ram whole cauliflowers[1] into their mouth an immediately swallow it?<br /><br />[1] Yeah right. The reason they're morbidly obese is because they're eating their five-a-day, rather than - say - stuffing multi-buy bags of crisps down their gullet.PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62002688920520914692013-01-14T09:17:45.929+00:002013-01-14T09:17:45.929+00:00"the best interests of the patient, "
E..."<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=627081175329856970#editor/target=post;postID=3497987451443381217" rel="nofollow">the best interests of the patient, </a>"<br /><br />Error:<br /><br />"Your current account ([deleted]@gmail.com) does not have access to view this page.<br />Click here to logout and change accounts.PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90557902866349467232013-01-14T05:38:56.843+00:002013-01-14T05:38:56.843+00:00"As a metaphor for contemporary Western cultu...<i>"As a metaphor for contemporary Western culture, that takes some beating!"</i> <br /><br />Oh, indeed. Sums us up nicely...<br /><br /><i>"Let's not pretend that the ATOS system is about being a fair rational judgement of people's capabilities."</i> <br /><br />What, we should judge on a few isolated examples of them getting it wrong instead? <br /><br />By that token, nothing works!<br /><br /><i>"...don;t know why they don;t have to meet hte costs of the appeal - might get it right first time then..."</i> <br /><br />Ah, if only I wrote government contracts. It would be in there, you can bet!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42533306551910871422013-01-12T22:09:42.319+00:002013-01-12T22:09:42.319+00:00To be fair, ATOS appears in Private Eye on a regul...To be fair, ATOS appears in Private Eye on a regular basis and on apeal something like 60% of theie results are overturned whihc costs the taxpayer and the person money (don;t know why they don;t have to meet hte costs of the appeal - might get it right first time then)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90627444387277773062013-01-12T15:34:59.510+00:002013-01-12T15:34:59.510+00:00I've seen an ATOS report on a friend of mine t...I've seen an ATOS report on a friend of mine though. The first few pages were what the person who met and assessed my friend wrote. The rest was the judgement by ATOS. The judgement directly, factually contradicted what the assessor had very clearly written despite the fact that the person writing the judgement had no other information than that given by the assessor.<br />Surprise, surprise, the judgement was that my friend should lose benefits.<br />Let's not pretend that the ATOS system is about being a fair rational judgement of people's capabilities. It's about getting people off benefits regardless of the state of their health.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25160216380184901352013-01-12T12:33:39.993+00:002013-01-12T12:33:39.993+00:00'Users are able to stuff their face before dra...<i>'Users are able to stuff their face before draining their stomach by connecting the pump to a valve surgically installed in their abdominal wall.'</i><br /><br />As a metaphor for contemporary Western culture, that takes some beating!Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com