However, the work capability assessments tend to be far too dissimilar. A new training course, conducted within the scope of an SNSF-funded study, has helped to reduce the differences.

🔊 Listen to Post. The Future of Work Capability Assessments: A Shift Towards a Fairer System. The UK Government is contemplating significant changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the ...

The work capability assessment categories are designed to determine what activities people can do and how that affects their ability to work. This informs assessors’ decisions on what additional ...

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to “tighten” work capability assessments in a drive to get more people into work could cause “huge anxiety” and mean “sanctions” for disabled people, ...

The plans to reform the DWP’s Work Capability Assessment have been labelled “barbaric” by disability claimants as fears rise that they’ll lose extra support. Jeremy Hunt unveiled a number ...

Addressing Parliament, Ms Kendall announced the “work capability assessment” for universal credit – which is used to ...

The government will scrap the controversial work capability assessment by 2028, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretary Liz Kendall has announced, as well as creating a new unemployment ...

The Department for Work and Pensions plans to help people with disabilities back to work through new reforms to Work Capability Assessments could “increase anxiety” among Britons and create ...

You will not need a capability assessment if you are unable to work for fewer than 28 days, but after seven days of sickness you will be required by your work coach to get medical proof of illness.

The Work Capability Assessment is being reviewed to ensure it reflects the latest opportunities for employment support, so that growing numbers of people are not missing out on the help ...

The delivery of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Work Capability Assessments (WCA) is set to change for residents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from next month. However, these ...