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  1. CRG
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    UK - Over 118,000 people denied compensation from DWP after benefits error cut payments

    Merged thread Over 118,000 people denied compensation from DWP after benefits error cut payments https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/dwp-esa 13...
    Thread by: CRG, Jan 14, 2022 at 11:02 AM, 1 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  2. Andy
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    UK: Work and Pensions Committee inquiry: Health assessments for benefits, 2021

    From a Chronic Illness Inclusion email; Focus groups on disability benefit assessments Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 19, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  3. Wits_End
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    The new NICE guidelines - do they affect benefits at all?

    Just wondering whether the new NICE ME/CFS guidelines can be beneficial at all in relation to all the various UK benefit applications? Haven't...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Nov 6, 2021, 60 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  4. Andy
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    UK: Guardian article: Capita pays compensation to family of woman who died after benefits cut [not about ME]

    Quote: A government contractor has paid out “substantial” compensation following the death of a young mother who took an overdose after her...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 3, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  5. Haveyoutriedyoga
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    BMJ podcast: Psychological coercion in UK government workfare programmes (11 minutes), 2015

    [MEDIA] There is a full paper somewhere out there too. Key points Route out to employment is positive mindset Lack of employment is a character...
    Thread by: Haveyoutriedyoga, Oct 16, 2021, 8 replies, in forum: Other Health News and Research
  6. Sly Saint
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    UK: Survey for C4 Dispatches on Disability Benefits system, deadline end of August 2021

    " Channel 4 Dispatches Survey: Disability Benefits Channel 4 is making a Dispatches programme on how the disability benefits process, as...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 29, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  7. Wits_End
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    UK: New health and disability green paper - comments requested

    I found this in my weekly letter from Scope, and thought I needed to share it with others in the UK. Closing date is 11th October 2021. "The...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Aug 25, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  8. Kitty
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    UK: Disability benefits (ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2021 onwards

    I found out by accident some time ago that my award has been extended. I needed an up-to-date award letter to renew my Blue Badge, and when they...
    Thread by: Kitty, Jan 22, 2021, 79 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  9. John Mac
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    BBC: Philippa Day: Benefit errors 'predominant factor' in mum's death

    Not ME but nevertheless... Authorities who dealt with a benefits claim from a single mother, who took a fatal overdose after her payments were...
    Thread by: John Mac, Jan 27, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  10. Sarah94
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    UK: Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) medical evidence

    Two questions: (1) Does the DWP accept reports from private consultants as medical evidence? I mean like, will they be snobby about it and not...
    Thread by: Sarah94, Jan 16, 2021, 9 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  11. Andy
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    UK: Online open discussion: "Social Security for All - Agreeing a Way Forward", 7th October 2020

    Everyone knows current welfare benefits are failing, but what would be a better approach? About this Event The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project...
    Thread by: Andy, Sep 24, 2020, 6 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  12. Sarah94
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    (UK) 'No DSS' letting bans 'ruled unlawful' by court, BBC News 14/07/2020

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53391516
    Thread by: Sarah94, Jul 15, 2020, 9 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  13. MSEsperanza
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    Do welfare benefit reassessments of people with mental health conditions lead to worse mental health? - King's College London

    Stuart, R., Campbell, S., Osumili, B., Robinson, E. J., Frost-Gaskin, M., Pacitti, R., ... Henderson, C. (2020). Do welfare benefit reassessments...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, Jul 11, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  14. Sly Saint
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    UK - EHRC (Equality and Human Rights Commission)failed to consult its own disabled advisers before snubbing DWP deaths probe: July 2020

    The equality watchdog failed to consult its own committee of disabled advisers before deciding not to investigate deaths of benefit claimants that...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 10, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: Other Health News and Research
  15. Kitty
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    UK: Free PIP webinar, 11-05-2020

    Benefits & Work is putting on a free 40-minute webinar or anyone applying for Personal Independence Payments during the lockdown: "FREE PIP...
    Thread by: Kitty, May 6, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  16. Sly Saint
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    UK: Article the Guardian:Benefits assessment suspension does not go far enough, says charity

    The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Monday put on hold in-person assessments for disability benefit claimants as a precautionary measure...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 17, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19)
  17. Mij
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    Disability Tax Credit in Canada Difficult for Invisible Illnesses

    The application for the Disability Tax Credit does not 'fit' our reality. I was receiving the DTC for over 25 years, but it appears that the...
    Thread by: Mij, Feb 9, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  18. Sly Saint
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    Article in Guardian: UK benevolent funds hand out £216m as hardship grows - features Emily Beardall (AfME) Jan 2020

    Emily Beardall, 44, had just qualified with a degree in pharmacy when she was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). “I couldn’t work. It...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 20, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS News
  19. Wits_End
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    UK petition - change the DWP benefits assessments system

    Petition to stop contracting out DWP health-related benefits assessments and make the system fairer:...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Nov 5, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Petitions
  20. Andy
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    Guardian: [UK] Government forced into U-turn over disability benefits for chronically ill

    Campaigners have forced a government U-turn after demonstrating that chronically ill claimants suffering severe pain were wrongly denied...
    Thread by: Andy, Oct 11, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
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