4000 people die within 6 weeks of being deemed "Fit to Work"
Discussion
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/over...
1300 of whom died after appeal.
Good headline aside, what can be extrapolated from this? What percentage of those found fit to work do the 4000 represent and how does this percentage compare to those who die every day? This could be a really important news story but the information just isn't in the article for us to make any judgement on wether the DWP have done a great or abysmal job.
A quick google says half a million people die in the UK each year, these 4000 have died over appx 2.5 years. Dodgy maths says that's ~0.3% of total UK deaths being people who had been signed off as fit to work by the DWP. But the total includes everything from falling down stairs to dying in your bed at 105.
1300 of whom died after appeal.
Good headline aside, what can be extrapolated from this? What percentage of those found fit to work do the 4000 represent and how does this percentage compare to those who die every day? This could be a really important news story but the information just isn't in the article for us to make any judgement on wether the DWP have done a great or abysmal job.
A quick google says half a million people die in the UK each year, these 4000 have died over appx 2.5 years. Dodgy maths says that's ~0.3% of total UK deaths being people who had been signed off as fit to work by the DWP. But the total includes everything from falling down stairs to dying in your bed at 105.
I will give Labour this. Prolifigate as they were/are, they were prone to splashing cash on things like:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12412782.First_...
Which indicates at least a desire to *actually figure out* why the lower classes struggle and what can be done to help them. The Tories have always seemed to feel that they already had all the answers and the solution was to hurt people until they came around..
Both New Labour and Not-Really-Conservative-Tory Light seem to hover around the same status quo of actual position on things, but their origin of thought seems vastly different.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12412782.First_...
Which indicates at least a desire to *actually figure out* why the lower classes struggle and what can be done to help them. The Tories have always seemed to feel that they already had all the answers and the solution was to hurt people until they came around..
Both New Labour and Not-Really-Conservative-Tory Light seem to hover around the same status quo of actual position on things, but their origin of thought seems vastly different.
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