In 2013,44-year-old-fashioned Wood starved to death after his benefits were cut. Now, an exhibition of his art, and poetry and music has opened to explain that those who effect not fit neatly into society’s rigid systems can still bring positive changeMark Wood starved to death four months after his benefits were cut off in 2013. Wood,who was 44 when he died, had a number of complex health conditions; he was found dead at his domestic, and months after an Atos administered fitness-for-work assessment found him well enough to work and triggered a decision to stop his sickness and housing benefits.
The coroner said that,although it was impossible to identify the cause of death, it was probably “caused or contributed to by Wood being markedly underweight and malnourished”. A doctors letter presented to the inquest said the pressure put on Wood by benefit changes had made his anxiety disorder “significantly worse”.
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Source: theguardian.com