A mother of three has died just three weeks after being told by Atos that she was fit to work.
A mother of three has died just three weeks after being told by Atos that she was fit to work.
Elenore Tatton, 39, from Dedridge in Livingstone, was diagnosed with a brain tumour at 15 and as a consequence had never worked.
But dspite informing Atos of her health issues, she was recently informed that she must start to look for a job. According to the Daily Record, Elenore was then told by doctors shortly afterwards that the tumour had returned and was now terminal.
According to the paper:
Her dad Ian said: “Even though she told the ATOS assessor that she had the brain tumour, they started the process to get her back into work.
“She was going to appeal but then she became unwell and was admitted to the Western General.
“After two weeks we were told there was nothing they could do for her. She died at St Columba’s Hospice.
“Nobody could give us a reason as to why the tumour reappeared. But it seems so coincidental that something like this happened. It was such a shock to her system.”
He added:
“She would take absences where she would just glaze over as if she wasn’t there. It could happen anytime, there was no warning.
“She had epilepsy as well. She was never capable of working.”
This is only the latest controversy that has dogged Atos since the company was awarded the contract to carry out medical assessments to test whether disabled people should continue receiving benefits.
It was recently revealed that Atos Healthcare had broken a series of pledges that helped it win a £184 million disability assessment contract.
A senior doctor from the company has also claimed that medical assessments carried out by the company are designed to incorrectly assess claimants as fit to work.
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21 Responses to “Mum-of-three dead from brain tumour three weeks after being told by Atos to find a job”
Name
yes. it happens. all facts are not known.
Leon Carter
Indeed all facts are not known, my centiment and just because she was given the all clear does not mean the tumour has magically disappeared indeed it could very well still be there but not growing any bigger
sue rogers
I wish the media would write accurate articles on this subject.
This is dreadful but again it’s not Atos that devised the awful WCA or made the
fit for work decision. DWP/Government are the culprits. The rule on terminally
ill is if you have 6 months or less then you will get into the support group
otherwise you will be assessed and unless you meet the criteria of the unfit
for purpose WCA then like this poor woman you will be found fit for work. Atos
practices are poor when it comes to WCA and their reports farcical- but the
people to blame ultimately is this government- don’t let them off the hook by always blaming soley Atos
SWEATY betty
Atos or don’t give A TOSS? you decide
Peter Molyneux
Lets face they are just like HITLER ONLY HE IS CALLED SMITH get rid of the sick ,disabled .CALL them a burden on the workers. With over 11,000 who have died they will be thinking of all the money they have saved in benefit pay outs and how much they will save in the coming years. Then there is the bedroom tax which sees a council like Wigan talking about knocking down 4 bed council houses. It seems crazy that a family who down size there social housing could end up with more in housing benefit if they move into the private landlord property how mad !!