https://wcainfo.net/ We hope that wcainfo will help advisers in assisting people to make a new claim for benefit on the basis of their incapacity for work, and in challenging decisions to refuse, or award a lower rate of, the benefit.
Tag: work capability assessment
Pioneering study says regime based largely on benefit sanctions has failed to tackle economic inactivity
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/22/integrate-nhs-services-and-job-centres-to-get-more-people-working-report-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other The report, billed as the biggest single in-depth study of long-term worklessness, argues that a regime based largely on benefit sanctions has achieved little, and any serious effort to tackle economic inactivity must offer personalised help based on health.
Work Capability Assessment, an explanation
https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/benefits-and-financial-advice/help-and-support/universal-credit-esa-sickness-and-disability If you have a health condition or disability you may already be claiming Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). New claims for income related ESA are no longer possible so if you are making a new claim with a health condition or disability it will be for Universal Credit and/or ‘New Style’ contributory ESA….