According to Atos, the turnover and recruitment of staff is likely to be an on-going issue for the successor of the disability claims system unless the government makes improvements.

Atos, who previously managed the outsourced contract and “quit” earlier this year warned the government that due to its staff suffering vilification for only doing their jobs, the next company managing the system will find it difficult to recruit staff.

At the time of the relationship ending between Atos and the government in regards to the delivery of work capability assessments, campaigners welcomed the withdrawal but felt this change should be used to “move away from a fundamentally flawed system”.

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