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Local conference of the British Medical Association votes against ATOS & the WCA
The United Kingdom Local Medical Committees Conference of the British Medical Association voted yesterday (Tuesday 22nd May 2012) to carry the following motion:
That conference, in respect of work capability assessments (WCA) as performed by ATOS Healthcare, believes that the:
(i) inadequate computer based assessments that are used have little regard to the nature or complexity of the needs of long term sick and disabled persons
(ii) WCA should end with immediate effect and be replaced with a rigorous and safe system that does not cause avoidable harm to some of the weakest and most vulnerable in society.
The motion was carried UNANIMOUSLY by 103 HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT & 103a SCOTTISH CONFERENCE OF LMCs
Links & Further Reading:
The post by the Black Triangle Campaign whose member and medical advisor Dr Stephen Carty submitted the motion to the conference.
Twitter talk on the conference can be found using hash tag #lmclive
Scottish Doctors voted in March to do the same at the Scottish LMC