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As this has been a long battle you are correct it is the necessity of being able to get what we ARE entitled to that kept me going.

As I said it was never about the money as I have never been materialistic, but if any one winning the lottery and is stressing about the loss of friends and family, FEAR NOT……. I will be only to glad to relieve you of any stress and work out a simple contribution towards your living costs on a weekly or monthly arrangement similar to the Chancellors ideas, only she won't get any……

MY main concern is to get a single law/assessment that is fit for purpose that gives the claimant the right access to benefits, financially or medically because that is what the NHS and Nye Bevan set up in 1954.

We have come along way since then improving the system and improving the NHS and its access. But some where along the way certain fractions started to creep in and sections of the NHS were "Sold Off". These profit making parts were the LIFE OF THE NHS, and were used to support other less profitable areas. I don't like the terms BUDGET OR TARGET, when used incorrectly as I have always worked with both including costings.

I have made Millions of Pounds for companies I have worked for simply by getting the EMPLOYER o value who is making them these Mega Bucks.

Because without a multi-skilled work force, or a work force that does feel valued, you havee a work force that will turn up at the start of the shift clock on and wait for the knocking off buzzer to clock oiff and go down the pub. Its for thee Employer to find them something to do as I am on your clock….

Simple little tweaks to the system, not reinventing the wheel but working with what you have, and seeing where the issues lie, then remedying them, or re-install sections that may have been by-passed years ago that are no longer relevant going forward, and also listening to the people on the front line of all of this.

It does make for a happy work force, since they know they can suggest things to improve there job with out the risk of later loosingg that job because it worked well. The way you should look at it is, test the Change, review, install, review, rewrite the risk and method statements.

It does not end their……. Give the suggestion a percentage of the save for increasing production or savings, add a bonus scheme to the production figures, and everyone want to get those figures up to gain more money and keep the WHOLE industry running at a profit.

The system of assessment is not broken. You all use the system every time you go to the doctors or A & E. Its about how you access the system and what happens next…..

Wr are in a situation where dealing with Issues like the NHS has become, a bottle neck situation, where one part is relying on another to advance, and then when in the next bottle, when assessed are awaiting to go to the next bottle, always a lag between assessment and treatment to the next level.

This nevber was, since people were always entering the NHS as a career and stil do, but the time taken from training to hands on has now required contractors from Abroad to be called in to "help"

The only thing they are helping us with is draining the easy profit making sections that require NO WORK, and sending the profits abroad for support of their system which we don't have. French and American systems rely on Private Health Care plans.

And before anyone says anything, we also have similar schemes like Welsh Hospitals, and BUPA, which do work, but most may not know that Australia has a Private Health Care System where ALL NATIONAL INSURANCE PAYMENTS ARE MADE INTO THE "NHS" and the best care is given at source? All profits are made and put back into the system so everyone benefits.

PROFITS, if you want to call it that is used to train staff or keep skills levels at their peak and up with the latest technology, while also paying a living wage, (I did not say basic) that can and is increased everytime you take on a new skill, or an oportunity to "try something new" or a course that you have been waiting for becomes available.

I have wrote many programs on "How to fix the system" (any system) but, when left and not reviewed constantly when issues arrise the latest is to cut the budget or reduce the man power to compensate.

Don't you remember the closure of 800 JOB CENTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY? How are we supposed to find work when the very people that were hired by the DWP to find US WORK LOST THEIRS.

I am sorry I write so much but you can understand that its easy for me to write a 1000 pages on the faults of the system because its already broken, it takes a different person to write a 1000 pages on how to fix the system are I do because this is what I used to do.

Money bills allow the government to quickly change spending, such as freezing benefit payments.

The Speaker of the House of Commons decides if a bill is a money bill. For a bill to be considered a money bill, it must only deal with financial matters. It cannot change the rules about who qualifies for benefits or how those rules work. The House of Lords cannot block money bills. Even if they disagree, the bill becomes law after one month.

However, big changes to how people qualify for benefits, not just changes to spending, need more debate. These reforms can be challenged. That’s why public pressure, such as your emails, is important when major changes to benefits are proposed.