disability benefits

This thread has been split from the 2023 thread For the green paper and PIP consultation go to #post 44 Not sure if there is anything new in this news item but it may clarify some points...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) – a counselling approach offered by caseworkers at the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (NAV) – on return to work (RTW) for individuals sick-listed for ≥8 weeks due to any diagnoses. MI was...

People with ME/CFS in Aotearoa have been unable to access Whaikaha-funded support services. I'd like to understand exactly why that is - where is the document or definition that excludes people disabled by ME/CFS from this care? Ministry of Disabled People (Whaikaha)...

A couple of months old but of relevance as Coffey is now the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: "MPs have asked the work and pensions secretary to justify her refusal to release nine potentially embarrassing reports about her department’s work, at least four of which focus on...

There's a programme on Channel 4 tonight at 1930, described thus in the Radio Times: "Richard Butchins reports for Dispatches on a series of deaths, including suicide, by disabled benefits claimants, examining how failings by the Department of Work and Pensions may have contributed. He looks...

‘Faceless monster, secret society’: Women's experiences navigating the administrative burden of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme Abstract Previous research has indicated that administrative burdens are particularly high in personalised funding schemes such as the Australian...

" Channel 4 Dispatches Survey: Disability Benefits Channel 4 is making a Dispatches programme on how the disability benefits process, as implemented by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), affects disabled people’s health and state of mind. This survey aims to understand the impact of...

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...

https://www.nejm.org/action/showMediaPlayer?doi=10.1056/NEJMdo005639&aid=10.1056/NEJMp1811661&viewType=Popup&viewClass=Audio&ctype=audiointerview&area=production&query=pfwNGTa&jwd=000020001524&jspc= I haven't listened myself yet

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

A conversation in the 'News from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands' thread led to the idea that 'we'* work together on ensuring that people with ME and CFS have access to Disability Support Services (DSS). These conditions are not currently included in the eligibility criteria for DSS, but...

In Chicago Evening Post: "TORONTO, ON, CANADA – 06-05-2018 (Press Release Jet) — Like many people, Faith always assumed if she fell ill she would be covered by her group benefits insurance company if there ever came a time when she wasn’t able to work. Unfortunately for this 40 year old from...

Speaks for itself really, appalling: https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/14/disabled-people-lose-legal-aid-99-per-cent-benefits-disputes

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/the-pip-files-nearly-one-in-three-capita-assessments-were-flawed-reports-reveal/

Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/pip-esa-assessments-17-19/