Brit sterft van de honger na stopzetten uitkering

A “vulnerable and fragile” man starved to death four months after most of his benefits were stopped and he was left with just 40 pounds a week to survive on. Atos Healthcare – which assesses peoples’ ability to work on behalf of the Government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – assessed that 44-year-old Mark Wood, from Bampton, was fit to work. But at an inquest into his death, Oxford Coroner’s Court heard testimony that Mr Wood was far from fit to hold down a job. Weighing just 5st 8lbs when he died of malnutrition in August last year, Mr Wood had obsessive compulsive disorder, Aspergers syndrome, phobias of food, pollution, paint fumes, and social situations, and cognitive behavioural problems.

Katriona Ormiston in Man starved after benefits were cut (Oxford Mail)