The proposed reforms highlighted in the March 2023 Health and Disability White Paper are poised to invoke significant alterations to the rights and welfare of disabled individuals in the United Kingdom, a nation already under scrutiny since a 2016 UN inquiry. The envisaged replacement of the Work Capability Assessment with the Personal Independence Payment assessment, although seemingly simplifying, raises formidable concerns regarding the potential overlooking of the substantial risk clause and the genuine reflectiveness of the difficulties encountered by disabled people.
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