Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
SCOTTISH ministers have warned UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith that NHS services are coming under "intolerable strain" due to the extra workload created by welfare reforms.
The letter sent by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Health Secretary Alex Neil states the high number of successful challenges following fitness-to-work decisions ? with 37% of the 39% who appeal winning their case ? suggests there is something "seriously wrong" with the assessment processes.
It notes the demand on GPs, who have seen a rise in requests from patients for medical information to support appeals, is creating a "workload problem", particularly for practices with a large number of benefit claimants.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...ids-nhs-now-under-intolerable-strain.20994515
The letter sent by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Health Secretary Alex Neil states the high number of successful challenges following fitness-to-work decisions ? with 37% of the 39% who appeal winning their case ? suggests there is something "seriously wrong" with the assessment processes.
It notes the demand on GPs, who have seen a rise in requests from patients for medical information to support appeals, is creating a "workload problem", particularly for practices with a large number of benefit claimants.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...ids-nhs-now-under-intolerable-strain.20994515