Atos medical assessments are not fit for purpose. Atos staff say the criteria is not used to define a persons ability to perform everyday tasks, the assessment is designed to find those who are deemed capable of work through basic tasks like can you lift you arm above  chest height, can you climb one flight of stairs, can you use a telephone. So Atos believe they are better qualified than hospital consultants and occupational theropists to say who is, is not capable of tasks. One ex Atos medical staff said the company was a front for the DWP, and most of the assessors are not medically quaified to perform assessments. Concerns have been raised by Veteran organisations that disabled ex service personnel will be at risk of poor assessments following guidelines from the Secretary of State Duncan-Smith.

Should the goverment be funding this scam / sham at £145m, and why are Labour complicit in this fraud?