Have you been a victim of the Atos assessment process

[TeeferTiger]

A DOM?

Nah, I'm not meant to drink coffee in case it triggers a migraine...

[packmule]

depends on atos. If they think u can work again u will get IHR with lump sum.

34 weeks PILON (pay in lieu of notice)
any holidays remaining

Pretty sure there's 9 weeks of something too, but cant remember atm as I've not had my meds do a search on forums for IHR

When an employee has at least 1 year’s service and meets the criteria for retirement under ill health grounds with a lump sum compensation payment, a payment equivalent to 34 weeks pay will be made. A deferred pension will also be payable to all pensionable employees. The notice period will be subject to normal contractual notice of termination of employment or 9 weeks notice whichever is the greater and this will be with pay. The notice period will be extended to cover pro rata contractual leave during the leave year plus up to 5 days carried over from the previous year. Therefore the total payment for any individual with over 1 year service will be a minimum of 43 weeks up to a maximum of 52 weeks.

[flaminmoses]

ok so if you have a complaint who do you complain to after you have got the "admitance of a mistake from atos"?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

ok so if you have a complaint who do you complain to after you have got the "admitance of a mistake from atos"?

Ultimately I suppose you could lodge a complaint with their professional body if the mistake is down to an individual. However, perhaps a visit to http://www.patients-association.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; may be able to offer advice.

[flaminmoses]

ok so if you have a complaint who do you complain to after you have got the "admitance of a mistake from atos"?

Ultimately I suppose you could lodge a complaint with their professional body if the mistake is down to an individual. However, perhaps a visit to http://www.patients-association.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; may be able to offer advice.

thanks

[keithposty]

THE PROFESSIONAL BODY THAT OVERSEES ATOS, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY IS
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

[flaminmoses]

THE PROFESSIONAL BODY THAT OVERSEES ATOS, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY IS
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

phoned them

they only deal wth individuals like gp's

[flaminmoses]

apparently ATOS occupational health doesnt actually come under anyone which leaves the whole service open to abuse by their employers royal mail.

its only the individual assesments by their doctors/specialists which can come under scrutiny.

[norbert]

http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/atos-m ... criticism/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; quite a few sites have been bullied by ATOS Origin threatening legal action , even a fluffy site http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/letter- ... epartment/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; was threatened because of a link to a " Johnny Void " blog with this http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2011/02 ... mber-firm/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; strong meat but not really incorrect

ATOS Origin use the same methods as UNUM Provident did in the States , who developed the LIMA Medical Insurance Software that ATOS use , they call it " aggressive claims management " ; the basic idea is that you're overstating / exaggerating your injury or condition . A Class Action Lawsuit was taken out against UNUM Provident and they were outlawed in many states as criminal disability denial factories . However the Class Action developed from a Internet Campaign and it appears that ATOS Origin are running scared .

Let's just say the links between ATOS Origin and UNUM are very , very organic

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news ... ull/108334" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://issuu.com/atosvictims/docs/legal ... s?mode=a_p" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Legal Letter to " ATOS Register of Shame "

[keithposty]

THE PROFESSIONAL BODY THAT OVERSEES ATOS, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY IS
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

phoned them

they only deal wth individuals like gp's

negative

the health professions council is a goverment quango all health care professionals have to be registered, i myself have gone through the complaints procedure with atos

a gp, doctor, etc is registered with the british medical association

[keithposty]

THE PROFESSIONAL BODY THAT OVERSEES ATOS, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY IS
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

phoned them

they only deal wth individuals like gp's

negative

the health professions council is a goverment quango all health care professionals have to be registered, i myself have gone through the complaints procedure with atos

a gp, doctor, etc is registered with the british medical association

[keithposty]

http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/atos-m ... criticism/ quite a few sites have been bullied by ATOS Origin threatening legal action , even a fluffy site http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/letter- ... epartment/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; was threatened because of a link to a " Johnny Void " blog with this http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2011/02 ... mber-firm/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; strong meat but not really incorrect

ATOS Origin use the same methods as UNUM Provident did in the States , who developed the LIMA Medical Insurance Software that ATOS use , they call it " aggressive claims management " ; the basic idea is that you're overstating / exaggerating your injury or condition . A Class Action Lawsuit was taken out against UNUM Provident and they were outlawed in many states as criminal disability denial factories . However the Class Action developed from a Internet Campaign and it appears that ATOS Origin are running scared .

Let's just say the links between ATOS Origin and UNUM are very , very organic

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news ... ull/108334" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://issuu.com/atosvictims/docs/legal ... s?mode=a_p" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Legal Letter to " ATOS Register of Shame "

THE LIMA SOFTWARE YOU ARE REFERING TO STANDS FOR

LOGIC INVESTIGATIVE MEDICAL ASSESSMANT

OR DIAGNOSE ME . COM

[flaminmoses]

THE PROFESSIONAL BODY THAT OVERSEES ATOS, AND I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY IS
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL

phoned them

they only deal wth individuals like gp's

negative

the health professions council is a goverment quango all health care professionals have to be registered, i myself have gone through the complaints procedure with atos

a gp, doctor, etc is registered with the british medical association

im lost then.
i phoned them up and they told me what i stated.

[norbert]

http://www.candocango.com/union-ridicul ... e-workers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Geraldine O' Connell Prospect Union National Secretary and the " poor " hard done by ATOS staff

http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2011/1 ... e-workers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; the original letter from Prospect to Prof Harrington see comments

there was a sarcastic article in " Private Eye " magazine last week about boycotting these games http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1377" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

" Call for ATOS 2012 Paralympics Boycott

London 2012 faces another boycott call. This time it's against Atos, Paralympics sponsors. whose Healthcare division runs the government's programme of assessing people's capacity for work, a programme which has faced constant criticism, including from the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee.

Disabled activist John McArdle, co-founder of Black Triangle, said: “It is quite frankly obscene that they are sponsors of the Paralympics. The government is using them and the Paralympics to make propaganda for their ill-conceived welfare cuts programme.”

He said campaigners would continue to call for a boycott of the 2012 Paralympics if Atos did not withdraw from the contract for assessing fitness to work. http://davidg-flatout.blogspot.com/2011 ... ional.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Atos don't take criticism lying down. Recently they have practised their own kind of boycott using the threat of libel action to try to silence critics and have taken down websites which publish criticisms of the company.


Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sat, 24/09/2011 - 23:02. "

One of the sites that was threatened with legal action , there's been allegations of relentless weekend long hacking attempts http://www.afteratos.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

useful site http://whywaitforever.com/dwpatos.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Postman medically retired by Royal Mail via ATOS Origin " Health Care " Professionals " " then basically stitched up as a malingerer by the same firm when he claimed benefits http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigation ... -atos.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

" When the Royal Mail paid Atos to assess postman Garry Hollingworth they said he should be medically retired. But just weeks later, when they assessed again him for ESA, Atos gave him zero points and passed him fit for work. "

" According to a new survey on sickness benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions, 93% of people will tell lies about their physical condition in order to get some free money.

Of the 1.3 million people who claimed to be ‘too sick to work’ from October 2008 to November 2010, only 88,700 were considered beyond even the most humiliating of menial paid positions.

“These figures show that many people are able to work with the right, erm, ‘motivation’.” said Work and Pensions Minister Steve Webb.

“Those who cannot work will always receive our unconditional support, it’s just that it’s the position of this government that such people don’t exist.”

“If you tell us you’re sick and can’t work, fine – it’s just that we won’t believe you. And if you somehow manage to convince one of our assessors that it’s true, we’ll still find some way to disqualify you. You have my word on that.”

“We’re working hard on that 88,700 figure, trust me.”

[BELIAL]

That's my experience exactly, Perhaps me and Gary are both very weird ?