A really interesting look at ‘norms’ or ‘quotas’ in ESA

I hadn’t come across this before and found it very informative.

“In this important paper Kaliya Franklin carefully analyses how it is government policy that has undermined the objectivity of the medical assessments used by the private medical firm Atos. While Atos have been the primarily been blamed for the high numbers of successful appeals against their assessments, Kaliya explains that the real cause of the problem probably lies in the system used by the DWP to manage its contract with Atos.”

http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/by-date/how-norms-become-targets.html

Interesting piece, I hope it finds its way onto a Minister’s desk.