A thorn by any other name… Atos changes to OH Assist; business as usual

This follows a number of other companies, who have been heavily involved in the promotion, formulation or implantation of disastrous policies over the years, changing their names to appear better and more public oriented. Anderson Consulting, the accountancy company that has effectively wrecked the British civil service through its work with successive government from Major onwards, is one of the these. The name changes, but business goes on the same as usual.

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Out with the old...: You can rest assured that the only change at Atos has been the company brand name. Out with the old…: You can rest assured that the only change at Atos has been the company brand name.

Does anybody else find it suspicious that, days after a nationwide protest against its abysmal – and often terminal – administration of the Work Capability Assessment, Atos has changed the name of its UK brand to OH Assist?

The website is flashy and new but you can bet the service is just the same.

Is this an attempt to bamboozle stupid old ESA and PIP claimants into thinking a new company is taking over where Atos left off, when in fact it is the same old mob, still raking in the profits from that lucrative, £100 million-per-year government contract?

I think this is highly likely. We’ll await the DWP press release announcing the change (that is not a change) with interest. And not a little contempt.

It also seems…

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