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We recently attended a Ministerial Meeting with Mabon ap Gwynfor MS, Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, alongside Welsh Association of ME and CFS Support, Severe ME Difrifol Cymru and Long Covid Support.

The meeting took place on Tuesday 28 July and focussed on discussing four key asks, which the Minister was very supportive of. The Minister confirmed that he will take away the key asks and keep the group informed. Read more about the meeting and key asks on our website

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Action for ME attends a Ministerial Meeting on ME

Action for ME attends a Ministerial Meeting on ME alongside 3 other groups and Mabon ap Gwynfor MS, Cabinet Minister for Health and Care. The meeting was held on Tuesday 28 July and focussed on four key asks
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HPV home-testing kits now available for women who have missed cervical screening

Nearly four million women in England can order a self-testing kits to check for high-risk HPV.
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HPV home-testing kits available for women in England who have missed cervical screening​

Women who have missed a cervical screening appointment in England are to be offered HPV self-testing kits by the NHS.​
Over the next year, nearly four million will receive invites on the NHS App or via text message, email or letter to order a free kit to use at home.​
Figures show around a third of women who are eligible cervical cancer screening have not taken up the offer recently.​

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Cervical cancer often doesn't cause any symptoms until the disease is more advanced and harder to treat.​
"If you receive an invite to cervical screening, or an offer of a self-testing kit, please don't ignore it - it could save your life."​
 
Chandelier said:
Tern on Twitter:
Just the sickness absence rate of the biggest employer in Europe.

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A German institute registered a doubling of the cost of sickness absences for Germany within the last 15 years.
Higher wages, rising employment,
and the level of sickness absence are mentioned as reasons.
Moreover, they consider this to be a significant factor for Germany:
Chandelier said:
Since the introduction of electronic recording of certificates of incapacity for work in 2022, the sickness absence rate has risen significantly in statistical terms.
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I would find it interesting to learn whether there have been similar digitalization efforts in England.

The Twitter accounts I have followed were very Covid focused.
However, are there other factors than Covid that can better explain these changes in England since the start of the pandemic?
 
Chandelier said:
A German institute registered a doubling of the cost of sickness absences for Germany within the last 15 years.
Higher wages, rising employment,
and the level of sickness absence are mentioned as reasons.
Moreover, they consider this to be a significant factor for Germany:

I would find it interesting to learn whether there have been similar digitalization efforts in England.

The Twitter accounts I have followed were very Covid focused.
However, are there other factors than Covid that can better explain these changes in England since the start of the pandemic?
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'The rise in incapacity benefits 2013-2024 coincided with a rise in the state pension age'

The Office for Budget Responsibility Welfare Trends Report, October 2024
https://obr.uk/box/the-effects-of-a...pension-age-on-incapacity-benefits-caseloads/


Lou B Lou

Post in thread 'UK: Financial Times: NHS to trial GPs no longer handing out ‘sick notes’'

The increase in sickness/disability benefits, now largely brought under the Universal Credit benefit umbrella, is in great part Not New Claims. Existing claims for old style Legacy Benefits (Incapacity Benefit/IB and Employment and Support Allowance/ESA) were Migrated to Universal Credit with an additional amount (the Health Element).

The vast figures cited in the press were largely due to the Migrated (existing) sickness/disability benefits claims being all counted as new claims. This has now been publicly stated by the DWP, but the press frenzy about 'a million new...
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'Updated statistics from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show that, rather than “spiraling out of control”, social security spending is predicted to be lower in 2029-30 than it is this year"

Lou B Lou

Post in thread 'UK: Financial Times: NHS to trial GPs no longer handing out ‘sick notes’'

The Disability News Service November 2025:

'New official figures expose how politicians and media have repeatedly lied about social security spending'

'Updated statistics from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) show that, rather than “spiraling out of control”, social security spending is predicted to be lower in 2029-30 than it is this year"


https://www.disabilitynewsservice.c...peatedly-lied-about-social-security-spending/

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