'Austerity' in action: tw death, suicide
Terry McGarvey: 48. Dangerously ill from polycytheamia, Terry asked for an ambulance to be called during his Work Capability Assessment. He knew that he wasn't well enough to attend his WCA but feared that his benefits would be stopped if he did not. He died the following day.
Mark Wood: 44. Found fit for work by Atos, against his Doctors advice and assertions that he had complex mental health problems. Starved to death after benefits stopped.
Paul Reekie: 48, the Leith based Poet and Author. Suffered from severe depression. Committed suicide after DWP stopped his benefits due to an Atos 'fit for work' decision.
Leanne Chambers: 30. Suffered depression for many years which took a turn for the worst when she was called in for a WCA. Leanne committed suicide soon after.
Karen Sherlock: 44. Multiple health issues. Found fit for work by Atos and denied benefits. Fought a long battle to get placed into the support group of ESA. Karen died the following month of a heart attack.
Carl Payne: 42. Fears of losing his lifeline benefits due to welfare reform led this Father of two to take his own life.
Tim Salter: 53. Blind and suffering from Agoraphobia. Tim killed himself after Atos found him fit for work and stopped his benefits.
Edward Jacques: 47 years old and suffering from HIV and Hepatitis C. Edward had a history of severe depression and self-harm. He took a fatal overdose after Atos found him fit for work and stopped his benefits.
Linda Wootton: 49 years old. A double heart and lung transplant patient. Died just nine days after the government found her fit for work, their refusal letter arriving as she was in her hospital bed.
Steven Cawthra: 55. His benefits stopped by the DWP and with rising debts, he saw suicide as the only way out of a desperate situation.
John Walker: 57. saddled with debt because of the bedroom tax, John took his own life.
Brian McArdle: 57 years old. Suffered a fatal heart attack the day after his disability benefits were stopped.
Stephen Hill: 53. Died of a heart attack one month after being found fit for work, even though he was waiting for major heart surgery.
Jacqueline Harris: 53. A former Nurse who could hardly walk was found fit for work by Atos and her benefits withdrawn in desperation, she committed suicide.
David Barr: 28. Suffering from severe mental difficulties. Committed suicide after being found fit for work by Atos and failing his appeal.
Nicholas Peter Barker: 51. Killed himself after being told his benefits were being stopped. He was unable to work after a brain haemorrhage left him paralysed down one side.
Mark and Helen Mullins: 48 and 59 years old. Forced to live on £57.50 a week and make 12 mile trips each week to get free vegetables to make soup. Mark and Helen both committed suicide.
Richard Sanderson: 44. Unable to find a job and with his housing benefit cut forcing him to move, but with nowhere to go. Richard committed suicide.
Martin Rust: 36 years old. A schizophrenic man who killed himself two months after the government found him fit to work.
Craig Monk: 43. A partial amputee who slipped so far into poverty that he killed himself.
Colin Traynor: 29, and suffering from epilepsy was stripped of his benefits. He appealed. Five weeks after his death his family found he had won his appeal.
Christelle and Kayjah Pardoe: 32 years and 5 month old. Pregnant, her benefits stopped, Christelle, clutching her baby son jumped from a third floor balcony.
Mark Scott: 46. His DLA and housing benefit stopped and sinking into deep depression, Mark died six weeks later.
Cecilia Burns: 51. Found fit for work while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She died just a few weeks after she won her appeal against the Atos decision.
Chris Cann: 57 years old. Found dead in his home just months after being told he had to undergo a medical assessment to prove he could not work.
Stephanie Bottrill: 53. After paying £80 a month for bedroom tax, Stephanie could not afford heating in the winter, and lived on tinned custard. In desperation, she chose to walk in front of a lorry.
Larry Newman: suffered from a lung condition, his weight dropping from 10 to 7 stone. Atos awarded him zero points, he died just three months after submitting his appeal.
Paul Turner: 52 years old. After suffering a heart attack, he was ordered to find a job in February. In April Paul died from ischaemic heart disease.
Sandra Louise Moon: 57. Suffering from a degenerative back condition, depression and increasingly worried about losing her incapacity benefit. Sandra committed suicide.
Lee Robinson: 39 years old. Took his own life after his housing benefit and council tax were taken away from him.
David Coupe: 57. A Cancer sufferer found fit for work by Atos in 2012. David lost his sight, then his hearing, then his mobility, and then his life.
Victor Cuff: 59 and suffering from severe depression. Victor committed suicide after the DWP stopped his benefits.
Charles Barden: 74. Charles committed suicide due to fears that the Bedroom Tax would leave him destitute and unable to cope.
Ian Caress: 43. Suffered multiple health issues and deteriorating eyesight. Ian was found fit for work by Atos, he died ten months later from starvation.
Iain Hodge: 30. Suffered from the life threatening illness, Hughes Syndrome. Found fit for work by Atos and benefits stopped. Iain committed suicide.
Wayne Grew: 37. Severely depressed due to government cuts and the fear of losing his job, Wayne committed suicide.
Kevin Bennett: 40. Kevin a sufferer of schizophrenia and mental illness became so depressed after his JSA was stopped that he became a virtual recluse. Kevin was found dead in his flat several months later.
David Elwyn Hughs Harries: 48. A disabled man who could no longer cope after his parents died, could find no help from the government via benefits. David took an overdose as a way out of his solitude.
Denis Jones: 58. A disabled man crushed by the pressures of government cuts, in particular the Bedroom Tax, and unable to survive by himself. Denis was found dead in his flat.
Shaun Pilkington: 58. Unable to cope any more, Shaun committed suicide after receiving a letter from the DWP informing him that his ESA was being stopped.
Chris MaGuire: 61. Deeply depressed and incapable of work, Chris was summonsed by Atos for a Work Capability Assessment and deemed fit for work. On appeal, a judge overturned the Atos decision and ordered them to leave him alone for at least a year, which they did not do. In desperation, Chris took his own life, unable to cope anymore.
Peter Duut: a Dutch national with terminal cancer living in the UK for many years found that he was not entitled to benefits unless he was active in the labour market. Peter died leaving his wife destitute, and unable to pay for his funeral.
George Scollen: age unknown. Took his own life after the government closed the Remploy factory he had worked in for 40 years.
Robert Barlow: 47. Suffering from a brain tumour, a heart defect and awaiting a transplant, Robert was deemed fit for work by Atos and his benefits were withdrawn. He died penniless less than two years later.
Annette Francis: 30. A mum-of-one suffering from severe mental illness, found dead after her disability benefits were ceased.
Ian Jordan: 60. His benefits slashed after Atos and the DWP declared Ian, a sufferer of Barratt's Oesophagus, fit for work, caused him to run up massive debts in order to survive. Ian was found dead in his flat after taking an overdose.
Janet McCall: 53. Terminally ill with pulmonary fibrosis and declared 'Fit for Work' by Atos and the DWP, this lady died 5 months after her benefits were stopped.
Stuart Holley: 23. A man driven to suicide by the DWP's incessant pressure and threat of sanctions for not being able to find a job.
Graham Shawcross: 63. A sufferer of the debilitating disease, Addison's. Died of a heart attack due to the stress of an Atos 'Fit for Work' decision.
David Clapson: 59 years old. A diabetic ex-soldier deprived of the means to survive by the DWP and the governments harsh welfare reforms, David died all but penniless, starving and alone, his electricity run out.
Chris Smith: 59. Declared 'Fit for Work' by Atos as he lay dying of Cancer in his hospital bed.
Michael Connolly: 60. A Father of One,increasingly worried about finances after his benefits were cut. Committed suicide on the 30th October – His Birthday.
Jan Mandeville: 52, A lady suffering from Fibromyalgia, driven to the point of mental and physical breakdown by this governments welfare reforms. Jan was found dead in her home after battling the DWP for ESA and DLA.
Trevor Drakard: 50 years old. A shy and reserved, severe epileptic who suffered regular and terrifying fits almost his entire life, committed suicide after the DWP threatened to stop his life-line benefits.
I don't have a name but a friend recently told me of a physically disabled man who was too poor to get the bus to his access to work appointment so wheeled himself the 3 MILES to work so his benefit wouldn't be cut. His hands were cut up and he was exhausted- no buses or trains would grant him free travel despite it being obvious he needed to go to A&E. My friend gave him the money to get there.
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