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The '''Department for Work and Pensions''' (DWP) is the British Government's department responsible for state pensions, and welfare including sickness benefits.<ref name="dwp">{{Cite web | url = https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions | title = Department for Work and Pensions|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> ==Disability assessments== ==Biopsychosocial view== The September 2015 manual for Employment and Support Allowance disability assessors (released under Freedom of Information Act law) states: "Psychological and social factors appear to be involved in perpetuating the symptoms of the illness. Factors associated with increased fatigue and severity of the condition include: a strong belief in the physical cause of the illness, a focus on bodily sensations and a poor sense of control over the complaints. Evidence suggests that patients with CFS/ME use more avoidance strategies to cope with the debilitating effects of fatigue. However avoidance strategies have been associated with more fatigue and more functional impairment, including greater psychosocial disturbance in CFS/ME".<ref name="esamanual2015">{{Cite web |url = https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/313702/response/770712/attach/4/RED%2013%20MED%20S2%20CMEP%200017%20Mod%206%20Chronic%20Fatigue.pdf | title =Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) – Guidelines for the Disability Analyst (Module 6) MED-CMEP~0017 | date = Sep 9, 2015 | last = Centre for Health and Disability Assessments}}</ref> ==PACE trial== The Department of Work and Pensions paid £90,000 in funding towards the [[PACE trial]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldhansrd/text/100324w0002.htm#10032443000353 | title = Lords Hansard text for 24 Mar 2010 (pt 0002) | last = Hansard | first = | authorlink = | date = | website = publications.parliament.uk| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-02-21}}</ref> Attorney [[Mike Godwin]] commented "It seems clear to me that the PACE trial will continue to be used to deny patients benefits. That sucks".<ref name="tweet">{{Cite web | url = https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/1007605375657496577 | title = It seems clear to me that the PACE trial will continue to be used to deny patients benefits. That sucks. | last = Godwin | first = Mike | authorlink = Mike Godwin | date = 2018-06-15 | website = Twitter|language=en| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-03-04|quote=It seems clear to me that the PACE trial will continue to be used to deny patients benefits. That sucks.}}</ref> == Malingering and illness deception == The Department for Work and Pensions provided funding for a '''Malingering and Illness Deception''' meeting in Woodstock, Oxford, UK, which formed the basis of a book by the same name, published in 2003.<ref>{{Cite book | url = http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.729.2487&rep=rep1&type=pdf | title = Malingering and illness deception | last = | first = | date = 2003 | publisher = Oxford University Press|others=| year = |isbn=9780198515548|editor-last = Halligan|editor-first = Peter W.|editor-link = Peter Halligan|location=New York| pages=|chapter=|oclc=53954656|quote=|editor-last2 = Bass|editor-first2 = Christopher M.|editor-link2 = Christopher Bass|editor-last3 = Oakley|editor-first3 = David A.|editor-link3=David Oakley}}</ref> Attending the meeting, and acknowledged in the book, was [[PACE trial]] principle author Professor [[Peter White|PeterD. White]]. Professor [[Michael Sharpe]], a principle investigator of the PACE trial wrote the chapter ''Distinguishing malingering from psychiatric disorders'', and Sir [[Simon Wessely]], who was a center manager during the PACE trial and helped design it, wrote the chapter ''Malingering: historical perspectives''.<ref name="piphandbook2014" /> ==Legal rulings== == Reports and publications == * 2014, [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/p/e/r/personal-independence-payment-handbook.pdf Personal Independence Payment Handbook]<ref name="piphandbook2014">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/p/e/r/personal-independence-payment-handbook.pdf | title=Personal Independence Payment Handbook | last = Department for Work and Pensions | first = | authorlink = Department for Work and Pensions | date = Apr 2014 | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref> * 2014, [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/i/n/d/independent-review-of-the-work-capability-assessment-year-five.pdf An Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment - year 5]<ref name="wcaindependent2014">{{Cite book | url = https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/i/n/d/independent-review-of-the-work-capability-assessment-year-five.pdf | title=An independent review of the work capability assessment - year five : presented to Parliament Pursuant to Section 10 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 | last = Litchfield | first = Paul | date = Nov 2014| publisher = [[Department for Work and Pensions]]|others=Department for Work and Pensions. WCA Policy Team| year = |isbn=9781474112352|location=| pages=|chapter=|oclc=979988363|quote= | authorlink = Paul Litchfield}}</ref> *2017, [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/d/w/p/dwpsc-employment-and-support-allowance-april-2017.pdf Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessments, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: ESA-WCA outcomes to December 2016 (MRs to April 2017)]<ref name="esastats2017">{{Cite web | date = Jun 8, 2017 | title = Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessments, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: ESA-WCA outcomes to December 2016 (MRs to April 2017) | last = Department for Work and Pensions | first = | authorlink = Department for Work and Pensions | last2 = | url = https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/d/w/p/dwpsc-employment-and-support-allowance-april-2017.pdf}}</ref> *2017, [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/d/w/p/dwpsc-personal-independence-payment-april-2017.pdf Personal Independence Payment: official statistics: data to April 2017]<ref name="pipstats2017">{{Cite web | date = Jun 14, 2017| title = Personal Independence Payment: official statistics: data to April 2017 | last = Department for Work and Pensions | first = | authorlink = Department for Work and Pensions | last2 = |url = https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/social-welfare/pdfs/non-secure/d/w/p/dwpsc-personal-independence-payment-april-2017.pdf}}</ref> ==Notable studies and articles critical of the DWP== * 2016, The moral economy of austerity: analysing UK welfare reform<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Morris | first = Lydia | authorlink = Lydia Morris | date = Mar 2016 | title = The moral economy of austerity: analysing UK welfare reform: The moral economy of austerity | url = http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16232/1/manuscript_Morris_MS_962%20final%20subm%20version.pdf | journal=The British Journal of Sociology|language=en|volume=67|issue=1 | pages = 97–117|doi=10.1111/1468-4446.12186|quote=|via=}}</ref> [http://repository.essex.ac.uk/16232/1/manuscript_Morris_MS_962%20final%20subm%20version.pdf (Full text)] * 2017, Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylward’s biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Shakespeare | first = Tom | authorlink = Tom Shakespeare | last2 = Watson | first2 = Nicholas | authorlink2 = Nicholas Watson | last3 = Alghaib | first3 = Ola Abu | authorlink3 = Ola Alghaib | authorlink4 = | author-link5 = | date = Feb 2017 | title = Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylward’s biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303558917_Blaming_the_victim_all_over_again_Waddell_and_Aylwards_biopsychosocial_BPS_model_of_disability|journal=Critical Social Policy|language=en|volume=37|issue=1 | pages = 22–41|doi=10.1177/0261018316649120|issn=0261-0183|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303558917_Blaming_the_victim_all_over_again_Waddell_and_Aylwards_biopsychosocial_BPS_model_of_disability (Full text)] *2018, Psychological tyranny prescribed by the DWP: preventable harm is government policy<ref name="dwptyranny">{{Cite journal | last = Stewart | first = Mo | authorlink = Mo Stewart | date = Dec 2018 | title = Psychological tyranny prescribed by the DWP: preventable harm is government policy | url = http://bjgp.org/lookup/doi/10.3399/bjgp18X700001|journal=[[British Journal of General Practice]]|language=en|volume=68|issue=677 | pages = 579–579|doi=10.3399/bjgp18X700001|issn=0960-1643|pmc=|pmid=30498148|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X700001 (Full text)] ==Interviews, talks and blogs == ==News articles== *2016, [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37899305 UN: 'Grave' disability rights violations under UK reforms] *2017, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-spending-cuts-human-catastrophe-un-committee-rights-persons-with-disabilities-disabled-a7911556.html Government spending cuts have caused 'human catastrophe' for disabled people, UN committee says] :Government welfare cuts * 2018, [https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/august/visualising-disability-benefit-appeals Visualising disability benefit appeals] *2018, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45903514 ESA underpayment: Who is entitled to backdated benefits?] *2018, [https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/health/charities-call-for-action-over-benefits-after-25-000-disabled-people-in-yorkshire-launched-appeals-1-9616059 Charities call for action over benefits after 25,000 disabled people in Yorkshire launched appeals last year] ==Online presence== *Twitter *Facebook *YouTube *[https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions Website] ==Learn more== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions Wikipedia - Department for Work and Pensions] *2014, [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2011/04/employment-and-support-allowance-work-capability-assessment-–-10-key-points/ Ten things to remember when filling in the Employment and Support Allowance forms] - [[ME Association]] *2016, [https://www.actionforme.org.uk/uploads/pip-report-scotland.pdf A deeply dehumanising experience: M.E./CFS journeys through the PIP claim process in Scotland] - [[Action for ME]] ==See also== *[[National Health Service]] *[[Biopsychosocial model]] *[[Ethical issues]] *[[Stigma and discrimination]] *[[Mansel Aylward]] ==References== <references /> [[Category:Disability]] [[Category:British government departments]] [[Category:UK organizations]]
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