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  1. Sly Saint
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    Article on people claiming PIP, figures, top 50 conditions

    According to the latest DWP figures, over three million people are claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), awarded to people on the basis of...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jan 2, 2023, 13 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  2. Andy
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    UK: ME Local Network

    "The ME Local Network (MELN) has been created and is being steered by local ME support groups across the UK, [...]. The aims of this network...
    Thread by: Andy, Jan 28, 2022, 4 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  3. 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, 7 replies, in forum: General disability topics and advocacy
  4. 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, 79 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  5. 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
  6. 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, 258 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  7. Gecko
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    United Kingdom: Sheffield ME & Fibromyalgia Group News

    The below is from Sheffield ME & Fibromyalgia Group. Would be grateful if people could distribute around any Sheffield related networks and/or...
    Thread by: Gecko, Oct 9, 2018, 68 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  8. 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
  9. InitialConditions
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    UK: UC50 (Universal Credit) or PIP diary

    Has anyone submitted a diary along with their ESA/UC or PIP form? I am struggling with what to write and include. I've seen some PIP diaries...
    Thread by: InitialConditions, Apr 4, 2020, 21 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  10. 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, not Long Covid)
  11. Kitty
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    Upper Tribunal decision on failure to attend PIP assessments

    From Disability News Service: "Thousands of disabled people could have had their benefit claims stopped unlawfully, campaigners believe, after a...
    Thread by: Kitty, Jan 29, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Wits_End
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    UK: Petition to make recording PIP assessments mandatory

    I've just found this petition which someone has set up to make the recording of PIP assessments mandatory:...
    Thread by: Wits_End, Sep 9, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  15. Sly Saint
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    UK article: Mum trapped inside home says she feels like a burden on her family

    A “fiercely independent” woman who has spent months trapped inside her own home after her medical condition deteriorated has said that it took a...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 6, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  16. NelliePledge
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    ME Association and Carol Monaghan meeting with DWP Minister about benefits

    https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/06/meeting-with-minister-raised-important-concerns-about-welfare-benefits-for-people-with-me-26-june-2019/...
    Thread by: NelliePledge, Jun 26, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  17. Sly Saint
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    UK Parliament debate - 10 Years of the Work Capability Assesment 24 April 2019

    Laura Pidcock Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour) 2:30 pm, 24th April 2019 I beg to move, That this House has...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 28, 2019, 15 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  18. ladycatlover
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    BBC1 Doctors 17 April 2019 Storyline about PIP (UK benefit)

    Warning - this may be a programme that is upsetting for PIP claimants, or those awaiting a PIP assessment. On the other hand, it at least shows...
    Thread by: ladycatlover, Apr 17, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
  19. Sly Saint
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    Don't merge the assessments for PIP and ESA - April 2019

    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...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 11, 2019, 10 replies, in forum: Petitions
  20. Sarah
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    UK: Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings - Benefits & Work, 5 March 2019

    Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings Benefits & Work 5 March 2019 Most PIP and ESA claimants who appeal a decision will...
    Thread by: Sarah, Mar 25, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Work, Finances and Disability Insurance
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