Universal Basic Income: What Would It Mean for Disabled and Long Term Sick?

I think that this is one reason why the DWP should not be tasked with administering financial support to sick and disabled people and people who are receiving state pensions, where putting disabled people on UC, even with or without the additional payments like PIP and LCWRA is in many cases totally inappropriate for that person’s individual situation - already as it stands, hidden disabilities and mental health needs a separate body away and apart from the NHS altogether, rather than the current system and this new body could be a better fit for many disabled people, where the DWP has to outsource assessments to third party companies at great waste of taxpayers money and where NHS GP’s have very little (if any) training nor experience in dealing with mental health and hidden disability issues, where currently, despite this, almost all state providers and the DWP, even some private providers, regardless of funding issues, are still obsessed with sending people to GP’s for referrals - an in-house mental health and hidden disability body, apart from the DWP and the NHS, also being able to bring in external experts, including from related charities and more quickly being able to implement international best practice and regular training/updates, including being able to administer the required financial support for mental health and hidden disability issues, would also be able to do in-house assessments and generate in-house reports and would have a greater body of reliable, constantly and updated information without the person have to constantly repeat themselves all the time, also making use of modern technology - personal contact would be an important element in person-centred care, such as dedicated landline/mobile phone/text and email contact links, which would further enable case-by-case and more accurate ongoing assessments