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In Touch: DWP High Court Case; The Esterman Visual Field Test for Driving

DWP High Court Case; The Esterman Visual Field Test for Driving

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, DWP High Court Case; The Esterman Visual Field Test for Driving

Dr Yusuf Ali Osman tells us about the legal case he will soon be bringing against the DWP.

Dr Yusuf Ali Osman will soon be taking the Department for Work and Pensions to the high court over continuous inaccessible communication methods about his benefit payments.

The Department for Work and Pensions will soon appear in the high court in a case brought against them by Dr Yusuf Ali Osman. Dr Osman has repeatedly requested that communications over his benefit payments be sent to him in his preferred accessible format but has not received them. We invited him onto the program to provide further details on which his case is being brought. Mike Lambert has had a similar problem with the DWP and he shares those with us.

For those who have certain eye conditions with enough sight to continue to drive, you may have heard of the Esterman Visual Field test. It is designed to test your peripheral vision but concerns have been raised over the test's validity and appropriateness to be used by the DVLA. We have these laid out by Lou, who has glaucoma and has had a negative experience when taking the test. We also invited Roger Anderson, who is a Professor of Optometry at Ulster University and sits on the DVLA's Advisory Committee of Vision and Visual Disorders, to share his thoughts on the matter.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings	 
Production Coordinator: Paul Holloway  

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