Health professionals responsible for evaluating individuals for disability benefits are abandoning the sector en masse due to feelings of being ‘despised’ and ‘de-skilled’, research from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) has confirmed. In a recently-published report, the department reveals that more than half (52 per cent) of its health assessors departed in a single year, with 40 per cent of new hires quitting during the three-month training programme. The study, which examines