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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...

Split from the 2021-2 thread From today’s Politico newsletter: Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will deliver a speech to the Center for Social Justice think tank this morning, pledging reforms to out-of-work support. The Labour plans involve allowing people on sickness...

From a Chronic Illness Inclusion email; Focus groups on disability benefit assessments Chronic Illness Inclusion wants to hear your experiences of both the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) AND Personal Independence Payments (PIP) assessments. We want your ideas for how to make the ‘claim...

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 really thought this through yet.

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 sent it I noticed that the end date was nine months later than it had been. Today I actually got a notification of it. It's happened because they...

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 explicitly based around the descriptors, which is of course a sound idea, but I've decided not to go down that route, and instead just give an overall...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/16/benefits-assessment-suspension-does-not-go-far-enough-says-charity hopefully they will be putting their 'health professionals' to better use. better still , scrap the assessments;can't believe that they still seriously believe they will be getting...

Petition to stop contracting out DWP health-related benefits assessments and make the system fairer: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/274312/signatures/new UK citizens only.

I am starting this thread to bring together all the links to guidance and advice for claiming the main UK disability benefits of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and the new Universal Credit (UC). This thread is intended for general links and advice, not specific to any individual's...

I was wondering if anyone would like to share their response to this question from a successful UC50 (or ESA50) application, or has a template for the response. Failing that, are there any good resources for answering this question? Primarily, I am interested in what to include here, the level...

https://www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/06/meeting-with-minister-raised-important-concerns-about-welfare-benefits-for-people-with-me-26-june-2019/ Hopefully DWP will take on board the issues raised

On AfME website The article is largely about more help for carers which is important but highlights other problems ie being put in WRAG for ESA resulted in worsening condition; (see AfMEs work leaflet...

[see thread (with petition) re-amalgamation of testing for both benefits] https://www.s4me.info/threads/dont-merge-the-assessments-for-pip-and-esa-april-2019.9032/ full debate here: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2019-04-24a.318.4&s=Myalgic+Encephalomyelitis#g324.0

UK Gov petition (ie at 10,000 Govt will respond) currently 3567 signatures (my addition: if you fail on the one test but were previously in receipt of both benefits, you would effectively be left with nothing, pending appeal.) link here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244329

I wouldn't usually post the news from the Benefits and Work website, but this item will be relevant to anyone claiming ESA or UC. From 26th March updates: In spite of the risk to claimants’ health, the DWP are wilfully discouraging doctors from issuing fit notes to employment and support...

Text box tribunals to replace most PIP and ESA appeal hearings Benefits & Work 5 March 2019 Guidance: HMCTS tribunal reform event 26 February 2019 Held at Exeter Combined Court on 26 February 2019, this event discussed the future of the tribunals system. [PDF] Tribunal event slides 26...

The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses MUS). As IAPT-employment adviser cross-referral may be of increasing relevance (due to roll out of IAPT-LTC and inclusion of CFS under MUS in the...

Article in the Guardian Friday Feb 9th 2018 'Substantial minority' of disability claimants failed by system – MPs https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/09/disability-claimants-substantial-minority-failed-by-assessment-system-mps-committee

The connections between government and the insurance business in their joint project to reduce eligibility for sickness benefits. https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/sites/default/files/s36_04rutherford.pdf " In November 2001 a conference assembled at Woodstock, near Oxford. Its subject was ‘Malingering...

Deadline of November 10th 2017 to submit your input to the parliamentary inquiry on PIP and ESA http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/pip-esa-assessments-17-19/