DLA Reform Consultation
This is an open space for discussion on the Disability Living Allowance reform – DWP
You can also add to the Carer Watch Testimonies
and to the Disability Alliance on the consultation
This is an open space for discussion on the Disability Living Allowance reform – DWP
You can also add to the Carer Watch Testimonies
and to the Disability Alliance on the consultation
I suffered a head injury when 17 and after being massively overprescribed valium by my then gp very soon had a huge dependance issue.that was in 1970.I,ve been under medications,psychiatrists,psychologists etc,etc ever since for severe agoraphobia/claustrophobia,depression,valium abuse and in 2009 was diagnosed with prostate cancer.I will be 60 this December.to attend hospital for MRI,S,TEMPLATE BIOPSY AND HIFU treatment has meant nightmare cab journeys whilst having to take 30+ 5mg tablets of valium.my gp,hitherto very compassionate and supportive,has inexplicably become distant and apparently uncaring of my situation.2 days after my cancer op. I had to attend an ATOS ” medical asessment” and due to a wrongly fitted catheter had to suffer the indignity and discomfort of sitting in my own urine for the duration if the “medical.”my benefit has been slashed without warning and I,m at my wits end.I,m trying to start the appeal process but fear this could take an age.thank you for listening and forming this fightback against this brutal insanity.
to Brian Peacock. Your local council (or housing association) will have a welfare rights officer. If you make an appointment with them, they will help you with your appeal, and appear at it with you if you require.
All the best xxx
my Friend suffers from a progressive form of MS. she attended on of these so called medicals, the doctor ignored the fact that she was in pain after a very long journey on a decrepid bus. The doctor said that as she could sit for an hour on the bus then she could work! the fact that she had no choice about the bus was niether here nor there. I took he to the appeal, once they saw that she had medium care DLA they said she was entitled.
I have chronic back pain and have done for 13 years, I am terrified that I will eventually have to face this medical and that as a result will lose all my benifits, without them I will have no choice but to sell my car, my freedom. without it I can not leave the village where I live, see my children or my grandchildern. I will be a prisoner in my own home. I really am scared and I know there is nothing I can do about it.
I am a carer for my Husband, he had A Stroke in April 2010 he was awarded DLA lower rate care and lower rate mobility,which we appealed It took 13 months for the appeal to be heard, it took 15 mins at the appeal before they awarded middle rate care and Full rate Mobility in July 2011.In August 2011 we went to appeal his ESA as he was placed in the WRAG and not in the support Group,again we were in there for 20 mins were sent out and called back in, and told that we had won our case,all this happened in 12/13 months from start to finish.In May 2011 He was sent for a further WCA which placed him in the WRAG again which we appealed and we had not had the first case heard yet,but that was quashed,by the DWP,in April 2012 an ESA 50 dropped on the mat,and I thought “Here we go again, so we filled it in as before,sent it off and waited, then in May 2012 the letter from the DWP arrived ” and it read Due to a change of Circumstance I was being taken out of the Support Group and Put into WRAG,and told that he would be taken off ESA in Feb 2013, when He would have to go onto JSA as it was a contribution based ESA, all this and a letter for him to attend a BACK TO WORK INTERVIEW, which he did “He was told to go home and to continue his recovery as best as he could,and they did not want to see him for 18 months,all this and no MEDICAL, We asked for my case to be looked at again,and the DWP said that they could not make a Decision as they were not Doctors, and they would be sent back to ATOS to look that it again, that was back in JULY 2012 they sent out a ESA50 again ATOS that is and said that they would be contacting my Doctor, which they did they say that they sent out 3 letters to my Doctor but he only got one of the letter and sent it back on the 5th Oct 2012,and that only happened when my MP got involved and contacted the local ESA dept in the and wrote to the Regional Manager for Wales and asked the question why and what were the changes at effected my entitlement to be removed from the Support Group by the DWP, now we have to wait to see, and its making him very very upset, and me as well,what happened to “We are all in this together” Mr Cameron ????
You have had a snap shot of how I feel,let me tell you.I did not want to have a Stroke, I worked since I was 16 year of age,Paid my Taxes at 40% for the later part of my career,and now I have nothing,and will have less if the new PIP rules as they stand are put into effect, they are on a mission to cut benefits but at what cost to the people who cannot work and are unlikely ot able to work,but with the targets that are in place for ATOS to hit, or should Mr G Osborne,just come out and say that there are no targets,but now did he reach his saving without a head count “lick finger and stick it in the air” kind of Accounting,and for ATOS to say “that we donot work to Targets, yet we keep hearing the figure of 500.000 less claimants will be eligible for DLA when it go’s over to PIP,now if thats not target driven what is?? please tell me as I am Pissed off at being told one thing yet it happens, and the Lib dems sit on there hands and do nothing,well enjoy your 15 minutes of fames Mr Clegg, as you will ever be in power again,you are just a puppet,and Mr Cameron is the one who’s pulling your strings
Delayed DLA TO PIP
Now that the DWP have delayed PIP for those claimants, who have had a lifetime or indefinite DLA awards, until October 2015 at the earliest or after the next general election.
(That means that we have had 5 years of mental torture so far)
Therefore, will they be changing the dates of those, who will be 65, from April 2013, to 2015, as there will be some people who by then will be 65, 66, and 67, respectively and having to go through the process being reassessed as OAP’s.
It also says that you will not be able to claim PIP once you are 65 years old, so is it from this croup were the cuts will come from 160,000 will get a reduced award, and 170,000 will get no award, or am I being cynical….?
There are currently no proposals to migrate you onto PIP if you are on attendance allowance or over 65 and claiming DLA…?
Most of those who do these assessment`s know nothing of even rheumatological conditions. Never mind more serious disability`s. Keep your dignity do not let them speak to you like they know more about your condition than you when they probably don`t. I have much experience of this. Go armed with the facts of your condition, research it. Do not be afraid to question them on their knowledge of your condition.