DWP has proposed abolishing the Work Capability Assessment, or WCA.

Tens of thousands of benefit claimants are being assessed by the DWP every month after being signed off work. The Department for Work and Pensions is carrying out work capability assessments on an ...

This is set to be lengthened for most PIP recipients aged 25 and above to a minimum of three years for a new claim, ...

The measure is part of plans to reduce the Work Capability Assessment backlog and separate from the Timms Review.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that it would be “abolishing the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)” and that following this, eligibility to the ...