Plans to strip benefits from the mentally ill unless they
agree to treatment were savaged as "complete tosh” today – by an
influential TORY MP. Dr Sarah Wollaston, the chair of the Health Select
Committee, said the proposal was “unethical, unworkable nonsense” and
“fundamentally flawed”. Iain Duncan Smith is looking at forcing claimants with
depression or anxiety to undergo therapy as a condition of getting sickness
benefits. But Dr Wollaston said: “Presumably this complete tosh planted by
someone who has no understanding of consent to treatment.” Posting on Twitter,
she added: “When I say it’s a ‘no brainer’ I mean this unethical, unworkable
kite flying comes from someone with no brain.” Read more on the Daily Mirror
website.
