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<p>There is no condition based entitlement to Employment Support Allowance.</p><p>
</p><p>We will be working over the coming months with medical professionals and other
stakeholders to develop functional criteria that will help us identify those with
the most severe health conditions or disabilities, for whom repeat work capability
assessments can be stopped.</p><p> </p><p>Rather than a list of specific medical conditions,
the criteria will be based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions
or disabilities where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake
any form or amount of work or work-related activity. This change will only apply to
those placed in the Support Group and UC equivalent.</p>
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