benefits

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 sent it I noticed that the end date was nine months later than it had been. Today I actually got a notification of it. It's happened because they...

Not ME but nevertheless... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-55826996

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 take it seriously if it's not from the NHS? (2) Do they usually contact your GP? I've had very little contact with GP in last few years, and when I...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53391516

Stuart, R., Campbell, S., Osumili, B., Robinson, E. J., Frost-Gaskin, M., Pacitti, R., ... Henderson, C. (2020). Do welfare benefit reassessments of people with mental health conditions lead to worse mental health? A prospective cohort study. The International journal of social psychiatry...

full article here https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ehrc-failed-to-consult-its-own-disabled-advisers-before-snubbing-dwp-deaths-probe/

Benefits & Work is putting on a free 40-minute webinar or anyone applying for Personal Independence Payments during the lockdown: "FREE PIP CHANGES WEBINARS It is extremely difficult to work out what is happening to your benefits during the current emergency. Changes to PIP claims, assessments...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/16/benefits-assessment-suspension-does-not-go-far-enough-says-charity hopefully they will be putting their 'health professionals' to better use. better still , scrap the assessments;can't believe that they still seriously believe they will be getting...

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 CRA has made it more difficult to obtain in the last few years. https://globalnews.ca/news/6474047/canadians-disabilities-can-lose-tax-credit/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/20/uk-benevolent-funds-hand-out-216m-as-hardship-grows

Petition to stop contracting out DWP health-related benefits assessments and make the system fairer: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/274312/signatures/new UK citizens only.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/09/bristol-charity-campaign-leads-to-benefits-claims-change

I've just found this petition which someone has set up to make the recording of PIP assessments mandatory: https://www.change.org/p/parliament-mandatory-recording-of-all-pip-assessments In our case, it would certainly back up the fact that we told the assessor that caree made a half-mile trip...

Capita seeks to reverse 'reputational damage' after death of claimant By Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News Benefit-assessment company Capita is going to court to try to reverse the "reputational damage" it says it suffered after a claimant died. Victoria Smith died...

Hi all, I am looking for advice RE: Universal Credit and limited capability for work. A few months ago I started claiming UC. I work freelance and despite suggesting that the maximum I work in a given week was around 10 hours, the option of limited capability for work did not come up, and I am...

https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/06/meeting-with-minister-raised-important-concerns-about-welfare-benefits-for-people-with-me-26-june-2019/ Hopefully DWP will take on board the issues raised

July 2019 Solve ME Webinar: Disability Insurance for ME/CFS Disability Insurance Attorney Andrew Kantor from Kantor & Kantor, LLP joins us to explain the ins and outs of filing for disability under an ERISA (employer-sponsored) Policy when disabled from ME/CFS. Register for the webinar here...

I just came across this, from 2015: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/29/coercing-people-mental-health-problems-work-treatment Which I completely agree with, but was surprised to see Wessely saying it. Isn't it his sort of work that gets used to refuse benefits to ME/CFS...

https://www.facebook.com/CarolMonaghanSNP/posts/2012644808862705