Will Tanni Grey-Thompson go into battle against the main sponsor of her beloved Paralympic Games?
For this supreme athlete, champion of the disabled and life peer, London 2012 is a chance to make her voice
Month: May 2012
Disabled children ‘missing meals’ as 41% of families with disabled children in Ulster borrow in desperation to afford food and warmth
One in five families with disabled children in Northern Ireland are missing meals and almost half cannot afford to heat
GILLESPIE AND SIR MICHAEL MARMOT MUST RESIGN NOW! Tory MSP Mary Scanlon uses DWP appointment of MS Society Chief Gillespie to replace Paul Farmer on WCA Advisory Ctee to Justify ConDem Welfare ‘Reform’
In the wake of the UK LMCs Conference vote by Britain’s GPs to end the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment “with
Govt ‘Preferred’ PIP Disability Reassesment Firm Serco investigated over claims of ‘unsafe’ out-of-hours GP service
Exclusive: Firm set for NHS contracts allegedly massaged data• NHS watchdog inspection after whistleblower tip-offs• Serco says concerns about service
URGENT! Give the lawyers YOUR story! MHRN get hearing for Judicial Review of WCA on June 29th
An application has been made by members of the Mental Health Resistance Network for permission to have a Judicial Review
DWP/AtoS JUDICIAL REVIEW ~ URGENT CALLOUT for Evidence ~ Mental Health Resistance Network
PLEASE SPEAK OUT! MHRN need these stories urgently so if you can help, please contact us as quickly as possible:
Open Letter in Response to Media Portrayal of Disabled Persons and Disability Benefit Claimants
Posted by Steve ⋅ ** This Open Letter Has Now Been Formally Released To The Press And Media ** Dear
‘Fitness for work’ test under fire: GPs say assessment must be scrapped
By John Pring GPs have piled new pressure on the government after unanimously calling for it to scrap its
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‘Fitness for work’ test under fire: Doctor’s call for action on safety
By John Pring, Disability News Service A GP whose patient tried to kill himself after a “fitness for work”
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Oh dear, Dave. Now GP’s have turned on you. Time for an exit strategy on the disabled, perhaps?
“As a result of ardent and earnest campaigning by a number of disability campaigners, and driven on this
The proposal to dock benefits from alcoholics who decline help is impractical and misunderstands the nature of addiction … Continue reading
Mum June Heaney’s response to IDS’s lies in our letter (450 signatures) to The Daily Telegraph – which the Telegraph’s Editor studiously ignored
By June Heaney I am a mother of a 22 year son with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and severe learning
Doctors say method of determining who is eligible for sickness benefits should be replaced with more ‘rigorous and safe system’ … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: UK Doctors Vote to end the DWP/AtoS WCA régime “with immediate effect” – BLACK TRIANGLE Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BLACK TRIANGLE ANTI-DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF DISABILITY RIGHTS WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY 2012 17.00 HRS For
UK GPs Conference has Voted unanimously for an end to the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment régime “with immediate effect”
The United Kingdom Local Medical Committees Conference of the British Medical Association has voted today to carry the following motion:
CEO of MS Society joins Work Capability Assessment Review Group
… You’re having a laugh Posted in National | 19 May 2012 – 3:30pm – IMPORTANT NOTE: LINKS TO
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Liverpool girl tells David Cameron ‘I hate the government for what it has done’ after her disabled mum stripped of benefits
By John Siddle, Liverpool Echo May 21 2012 A YOUNG girl whose disabled mum was stripped of her benefits and
Incidents like this shame us all
By Nicky Clark in Liberal Conspiracy A blind, deaf, tube-fed, non verbal, disabled man from Scotland has been deemed fit for
Iain Duncan Smith to signal measures allowing Jobcentre Plus staff to dock allowances for claimants who refuse treatment … Continue reading
Following in the footsteps of Andy Coulson? IDS’s DWP Spin Doctor Susie Squire to take over as Tory press chief
Following in the footsteps of Andy Coulson? Why not? Now that that pesky Rebecca Brooks is out of the way?