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This is why I am very grateful for all the hard work @Trish has been putting into expressing her (our) serious concerns to the MEA. Their increased focus on rehabilitation and their infiltration by BACME members/types is not going to do us any favours when it comes to their ability to...

I'd recommend anyone filling out their PIP (and WCA) form to specify what they have previously tried to improve their functional capacity, what the outcomes were (e.g. an actual worsening of their condition), why they cannot use aids, why apps cannot help them etc. This is one reason I use the...

The PIP review terms of reference make clear Labour intend (as the Conservatives did) to end the WCA and make the PIP assessment the only gateway to working age disability benefits. So they are removing the distinction between being too ill/disabled to work and being disabled/sick but still able...

I remember the Green Paper making a point that they would look at 'engaging' more frequently with those on the light-touch 10 year review. So I suspect they may even change leaving the working age claimants on this alone, as currently happens. I'm due my 10 year review 'not before March 2026'...

They are still wanting to focus on 'expanding claimants' functioning' and them 'managing and adapting to their long-term condition or disability'. So expect more 'rehabilitation' nonsense, no doubt app-based to save costs (note the reference to 'in the modern world'). Absolute rubbish given...

So the PIP review is basically going to create a completely new assessment. Parliamentary discussion can be viewed on YouTube here - Note: A number of MPs have brought up ME and Long Covid in their questions to Liz Kendal. Also, sorry for linking to The Sun, this was just the first video...

Terms of Reference for the upcoming PIP review by Timms can be found at the following link (see bottom of the page for additional attachments): https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-06-30/hcws755

From the current 'severe conditions' criteria:

The new 'severe conditions' criteria for LCWRA are given in the new Bill https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0267/240267.pdf This is much more restrictive than the current DWP criteria for not reassessing a LCWRA claimant, which includes consideration of current NHS...

From the Benefits and Work News - https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/questions-the-government-needs-to-answer-%E2%80%93-and-mps-need-to-ask I have a Lib Dem MP, so I am assuming they are going to vote against the Bill. But worth emailing these questions to a Labour MP if you have one.

It's not just they don't understand it's not an out of work benefit, even 'left-wing' journalists are promoting the misconception it's just for things such as aids and adaptations (something started by the Conservatives and their proposed voucher scheme), rather than money to promote...

Citizens Advice Bureau have published their report. Great title! Every MP should be expected to read this before voting on the cuts. Pathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support...

This is a really interesting article on the Benefits and Work news site - https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/the-two-pip-activities-that-provide-most-pip-4-point-scores

Benefits and Work have clarified this in their news article: https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/work-on-combined-pip-assessment-has-begun

There was an article in the Guardian yesterday about the proposed review of the PIP assessment starting now - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/12/liz-kendall-dwp-disability-benefit-assessment It may have been covered (better) in other papers but the above is a free article. I am...

So he is saying that the vast majority of PIP assessments are currently incorrectly scored...(too harshly). He is therefore probably aware that most claimants don't pursue an appeal because they are at risk of losing the entitlement they had been given or may have passed the threshold for...

Useful report by Carers UK. This would help if you want to write to your MP or complete the Green Paper 'consultation' [sic]: https://www.carersuk.org/media/ss2nkvcj/carers-uk-parliamentary-briefing-on-pathways-to-work-green-paper-april-2025.pdf

I thought you were referring to cheap coffins at first, rather than boarding up hospitals...

Also, the NHS system is so disjointed that a hospital consultant can't even access blood test results that were done previously by the GP. Surely they should fix these sort of things first, things that only help efficiency and carry no risk of harm to patients.

My sister used to work as a nurse at a GP surgery until about 5-6 years ago. She said they are already overwhelmed doing stuff for hospitals that they aren't paid for. This came up in discussion just 2 weeks ago when I was last at the hospital and the consultant said he couldn't ask my GP to do...