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From a Chronic Illness Inclusion email; Focus groups on disability benefit assessments Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences...
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...
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...
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...
The equality watchdog failed to consult its own committee of disabled advisers before deciding not to investigate deaths of benefit claimants that...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Monday put on hold in-person assessments for disability benefit claimants as a precautionary measure...
The Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain since...
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...
I am starting this thread to bring together all the links to guidance and advice for claiming the main UK disability benefits of Employment...
[MEDIA] 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/...
The Canary: A DWP-backed ‘medical scandal’ could be blown wide open...
Rogue company Unum’s profiteering hand in the government’s work, health and disability green paper...
Laura Pidcock Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour) 2:30 pm, 24th April 2019 I beg to move, That this House has...
UK Gov petition (ie at 10,000 Govt will respond) In a speech on 5/3/19, Work & Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd announced plans to merge assessments...
Blaming the victim, all over again: Waddell and Aylward’s biopsychosocial (BPS) model of disability, 2016, Shakespeare et al Abstract The...
Bzzt! Nope, it's the UK Department for Work and Pensions The UK's Department for Work and Pensions is drawing up plans for an internal service...
Ministers should consider abolishing the Department for Work and Pensions after its failure to help ill and disabled people out of poverty, a...
This post and the four following ones have been split from this thread: Action for M.E. hosts DWP spotlight training [MEDIA]...
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