Disgusting DWP Attitude and Policy again exposed

I don’t understand why ill and disabled people are not supported fairly in this country. I’ve read so many negative experiences of the DWP. My own experience with them is quite horrendously and literally goes beyond belief. The DWP has an attitude towards claimants that is extremely distasteful. Are we just so small a community that we will always be denied fairness and change, why is this allowed to happen?
I recent story you may have read reiterates the disgraceful and disgusting attitude practiced by the DWP. Have these people no shame nor conscious? Please take time to read about the disgraceful treatment received by dear Kayleigh as reported in Kentonline. I sincerely hope her representative is massively successful in suing for damages for the suffering caused to her at the hands of DWP staff.
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But you will always read the bad on forums as those with success stories dont make comments as they have no reason to so while I dont disagree with you we dont always see the balanced view
I think this is the article you are referring to on Kent online. For those unaware, Kayleigh was disallowed PIP and appealed 4 times without success. This led to her attempting to take her own life before she was finally awarded it.
This is a subject that provokes heated discussion, for good reason, and it's essential we question why these negative experiences still persist as you rightly are.
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It upsets me.
I think this claimant was rejected for PIP and did an MR. The MR failed and so she appealed. I’d guess the rep then stepped in and asked for a review before the matter was heard at appeal and that review also failed. Before the matter went to a hearing the appellant likely saw the appeal bundle and/or review decision letter. That appears to have been the trigger for hospitalisation. Hospitalisation offered the rep a further possibility for review but armed with a real life incident. Decision gets revised. There isn’t enough detail to say this for certain but that amount of arrears doesn’t square whether the award going all the way back to February so I wonder if they have in fact paid up from a later date such as the MR. There may also be something else going on. See below.
Now, here’s some other things to think about.
3 - the claimant is a carer. Nothing wrong with that but how many threads do we have on here where people get challenged routinely about their PIP claim because they are a carer. The newspaper tells us about the caring angle to elicit further sympathy but DWP are looking at it from the angle of whether it brings into question any of the arguments put forward for claiming daily living or mobility points. The article gives us no clue as to whether the claimant realised this or put in anything to counter it.