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See also News from Scotland _________________ Moved from the News from the MEA thread. not news from MEA as such; but anyone know about this person https://www.wandabelisle.com/ according to her website " FEATURED on

benefitsandwork.co.uk has just published a new guide for those claiming PIP for ME/CFS. The full guide is only available to paid members, but the page below gives a flavour of what is in the guide. The linked page also includes some interesting stats on PIP claims by those with a primary...

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...

Fit For Work – Three Part Series on BBC Radio 4 by Jolyon Jenkins "For 30 years, governments have tried to get disabled people into work by toughening up benefit rules. Part of the motivation has been to cut the welfare bill, but it’s also been framed as an attempt to stop disabled people...

UK - Rise in energy firms remotely switching homes to prepay meters something to be aware of if you are thinking about getting a smart meter https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63554879

Blog posts on the blog called Healthcare Hubris Spotlight on ME/CFS: Who is lobbying whom? by Jo Hunt part 1 part 2 Covers some of the interactions between Wessely, Aylward and White and the DWP in the early 1990's based on archive material obtained using FOI by Valerie Eliot Smith. Link to...

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.729.2487&rep=rep1&type=pdf Too big to upload the PDF

From a Chronic Illness Inclusion email; Focus groups on disability benefit assessments Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences of both the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) AND Personal Independence Payments (PIP) assessments. We want your ideas for how to make the ‘claim...

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 health and disability green paper explores how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions now and...

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...

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...

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

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...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/19/abolish-work-and-pensions-department-demos-thinktank Link to Demos report hosting page, https://demos.co.uk/project/pathways-from-poverty/ and directly to the report...

Just seen this on facebook, and to me it looks appalling. Is this even legal? In preparation for their JCP appointment someone with ME has to prepare a Positive Health Statement. In it the are 'advised' to avoid words like Chronic, or ME. As per:

I am starting this thread to bring together all the links to guidance and advice for claiming the main UK disability benefits of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and the new Universal Credit (UC). This thread is intended for general links and advice, not specific to any individual's...

Meeting being held today 4 September according to this tweet by ME Association.

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

https://politicsandinsights.org/2016/11/29/rogue-company-unum-had-a-profiteering-hand-in-the-governments-work-health-and-disability-green-paper/ Somebody sent me and a few others this today, saying: I haven't read it myself, thus far.

[see thread (with petition) re-amalgamation of testing for both benefits] https://www.s4me.info/threads/dont-merge-the-assessments-for-pip-and-esa-april-2019.9032/ full debate here: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2019-04-24a.318.4&s=Myalgic+Encephalomyelitis#g324.0