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PCS union

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Welfare Rights Service, Greenwich Council, London

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Joined: 8 August 2012

PCS seem to be doing some very good work and produce some very good updates on their work for DWP staff here:
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/department_for_work_and_pensions_group/

They have lots of interesting news snippets, for example a recent item:
“Proof of Concept of using ESA evidence in PIP casework
PCS have received reports of staff working overtime printing ESA reports and sending them to Atos and Capita. We have serious reservations about this trial. This is partly because different descriptors apply to PIP and ESA and the evidence collected for ESA may not be appropriate for the assessment of PIP cases. Our main concern is that ATOS were removed from the Work Capability ESA contract because of the poor standard of their reports. If the reports were of too low a standard to properly assess ESA surely they are also of too low a standard for PIP!”