Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Dr Kieran Sharrock (Acting Chair of the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) at British Medical Association), Minesh Patel (Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support), Aaron Dryden (Director of Carer Support at Carers UK), and Mark Jackson (Policy Manager at Marie Curie)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Daphne Hall (Vice Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)), Hannah Nicholls-Harrison (Policy Co-Chair at Disability Benefits Consortium), and Caroline Selman (Research Fellow at Public Law Project)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Caroline Cooke (Head of Policy at Forces in Mind Trust), Philip Martin (Research Fellow at University of Salford/Sanctions, Support and Service Leavers), and Andy Pike (Head of Policy and Research at The Royal British Legion)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Tracey Lazard (Chief Executive Officer at Inclusion London), Patricia Vespucio (Team Leader, Advice Service at GIPSIL), and Jane Hunt (Chair at Association of Disabled Professionals)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Sarah Rawlings (Executive Director of Research & External Affairs at MS Society), Catherine Hale (Director at Chronic Illness Inclusion Project), and Jasmine Wyeth (Senior Policy Officer at Rethink Mental Illness)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Morgan Vine (Head of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age), Joanne Gordon (Chair at Asbestos Victims Support Groups’ Forum UK), Helen Wild (Welfare Benefits Advisor at Down’s Syndrome Association), and Marc Francis (Director of Policy and Campaigns at Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K))

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Louise Rubin (Head of Policy and Campaigns at Scope), Hannah Nicholls-Harrison (Policy Officer at Mencap), Charles Smith (Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens Advice), Sophie Corlett (Director of External Relations at Mind), and Evan John (Policy and Public Affairs Advisor at Sense)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Paul Gray CB (Leader of the independent reviews of PIP at Department for Work and Pensions)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee

Inquiry Health assessments for benefits

Witnesses Dr Paul Litchfield CBE (Leader of the 2013 and 2014 independent reviews of the Work Capability Assessment at Department for Work and Pensions)

Committees Work and Pensions Committee