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Why I’m thankful that Atos found me fit to work

When my Employment Support Allowance was stopped, I was angry and upset. But looking back, it was a turning point in my life

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

14 March 2015

9:00 AM

I was signed off work five years ago. I had lost my job and was, unsurprisingly, feeling low; I went to see my GP, as I was having difficulty sleeping. Rather than dishing out a few sleeping pills, as I had hoped, my doctor googled the letters PHQ-9 on his computer and quickly went through the multiple-choice test for depression he found.

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