Rejected petition Change the way people are assessed for their disabilities at assessments.

DWP assessments are affecting people genuinely struggling with daily living, pain, mobility and financial hardship. They are assessed on criteria that often has no relevance to the condition in question causing untold stress anxiety and hardship for thousands of people..

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you're concerned about the way people are assessed for disabilities, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. Alternatively, you may wish to sign this petition which calls for DWP assessments for disabled people to take place in hospitals and carried out by doctors.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/220233

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 July 2018
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