having been through
the system my self, Atos are a cunch of bunts. Luckily I used the time of appeals and tribunals to get myself better and fit for work. where as at the time of the assessment I was a right old mess. To be honest 90% of the people in the waiting room were morbidly obese and hobbling around on crutches..
I'm now working/volunteering for 2 mental health charities helping people fill in their forms and fight the tribunals and the deadly Atos medicals. For example your allowed to take a representative in to the medical as much as they say your not. The waiting lists for this service is going through the roof. So I am now in charge of writing a project of helping these people who have fallen through the system gain confidence and get back to work..now the system is changing again its a blooming mindfield, luckily for me what i learn't in my time of mental health and how the system works is working its self off in a paid job. Last march I got to talk at a mental health conference and i got the chance to tell the audience how bad atos and a4e are...hahahha, they had their reps in the audience...whoops
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The invisible ham Fig rolls are the best, Tue 15 May 2012, 0:25,
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I approve wholeheartedly with this statement
I haven't come into direct contact with atos(sers) but I know plenty of people who have. Like the fella with a slipped disc, had to travel 40 miles in agony by car (his wife drove) to attend an atos appointment only to be told he was well enough to work. He's a self employed blacksmith. With a slipped disc. Not a good combo. So he didn't get a penny. Cnuts
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wideeye slightly pickled, Tue 15 May 2012, 9:50,
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