Two television programmes are set to take a look at the work capability assessments, WCA, introduced by the government to end what had been labelled the “sick note culture.”
BBC Panorama and Channel 4 Dispatches on Monday 30 July will focus on the new assessments being carried out by private companies – to explore whether the system is value for money and if it is working.
In Dispatches, ‘Britain on the sick’ – on Channel 4 at 8pm – “Using undercover filming, reporter Jackie Long investigates the shocking processes used to assess whether sickness and disability benefit claimants should be declared fit for work.”
While Panorama on BBC2 ‘Disabled or Faking It’ asks “is the system working? Or are new tests wrongly victimising those who deserve support the most?” It starts immediately after Dispatches at 8.30pm.
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