- He was sent to his first assessment
- when he gave up his job as a delivery man
- after being referred
- for tests on his heart.
- His wife was with him:
- ‘She checked him out.
- She did his blood pressure
- and his heart,
- said
- “See a doctor
- as soon as possible.”’
- He was diagnosed with heart failure
- but was still found fit for work.
- He won his appeal
- but was ordered to attend
- another assessment
- while he was waiting for a heart operation.
- Again
- found fit for work.
- ‘Significant disability
- due to cardiovascular problems seems
- unlikely.’
- Five weeks later
- he died of a heart attack.
[The Telegraph, 30/07/2012, Disability tests ‘sending sick and disabled back to work’]