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Disabled woman took her own life after benefits wrongly stopped, coroner finds
- Jodey Whiting, a 42-year-old disabled woman living in Stockton-on-Tees, passed away in early 2017 shortly after her disability benefits were discontinued.
- Her benefits ceased after she missed a work capability assessment, which she attributed to being housebound with severe anxiety and physical pain, and initial inquiries did not consider DWP’s role.
- After an initial inquest lasting just 37 minutes concluded her death was a suicide without examining the role of the government agency responsible for her benefits, her mother, Joy Dove, pursued a lengthy legal challenge that resulted in a new inquest being ordered to review new evidence highlighting serious failings by that agency.
- An Independent Case Examiner found multiple DWP policy breaches and errors, resulting in a recommendation for £10,000 compensation and highlighting missed opportunities to reconsider Ms Whiting's claim before her death.
- The upcoming full inquest at Teesside Magistrates’ Court will include evidence from a DWP representative, with public interest centered on whether the benefit stoppage contributed to her death.
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Yesterday, after eight long years, a coroner ruled that Jodey Whiting’s death was the result of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) stopping her disability benefits. Jodey Whiting: the DWP killed her In late 2016, 42-year-old mother of nine Jodey Whiting missed a letter informing her the DWP needed to reassess her for Employment Support Allowance, which subsequently meant she missed the appointment. The reason for missing this was that sh…
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