welfare

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...

https://citizen-network.org/library/biopsychosocial-model.html Biopsychosocial Model Or Bio-Political Ideology? Medically unexplained symptoms, welfare reform and the implications for Long-COVID Author: Joanne Hunt There is a growing awareness of the epistemic injustice created by the...

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

https://citizen-network.org/news/what-is-a-good-welfare-system

@MErmaid & I recently confused each other talking at cross purposes because the US medical system is so different to the UK system. So we decided to create this thread to provide a simplified overview of our own health and welfare systems and the terms & acronyms frequently used when we talk...