Upcoming changes to benefits
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that’s my worry as ME and fibromyalgia are invisible
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I think it’s 4 points one question plus 4 points made up from any other questions
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you can request they only reconsider certain questions and say you’re happy with whichever question you gained points on . The one at my tribunal kept asking if I wanted them to look at a certain question again as she knew if I lost the points I’d lose my lowest care. I said no and she had to accept that.
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And there throwing out the narrative to the general public, that most people are faking their MH issues, and trying to paint us a fraudsters ,that are robbing off the tax payer, like they did to the man working cash in the hand in 80s to feed his children, I love Rachel Reeves or Liz Kendall to sit in my head for just one day, where getting out of bed in a struggle, and you hate yourself for it being a struggle and just want a so called normal live ,and work, but sometimes it's not the simple, like I said if they they their criteria through , this country has gone back 80s, after such a big deal make about mental health just a few years, and it's still the biggest cause of death of men under 30, same on them all, and they will have blood on their hands
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Has everyone been writing to their MP or you waiting until the announcement tomorrow?
Don’t know whether or not to bother at min as it might not be as bad as we all think 😞 or atleast I hope.1 -
I'm currently on LCWRA, if the government change it am I likely to be able to claim ESA instead?
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just read on sky news they intend to make it harder to get pip for “ milder mental health “ and lower level physical conditions “ What’s classed as lower level physical?
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Just saw that clip of some presenter on GB news grilling Wes Streeting on if it's okay for someone on ADHD to be claiming PIP. The look of disgust on her face at the thought really took me back.
I'm sure she feels the same about all mental heatlh and neurodiverse conditions.
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This country seems to have thrown out any call for progress about understanding MH an invisible disabilities, and that progress over decades was already painfully slow, so you're right. We're going backwards and none of them seem to care enough.
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I don’t think it would be a specific diagnosis due to how varied things can affect different people, and they’d lose that court case pretty quickly, so I’m guessing it’ll be actual symptoms they look at
maybe in regards to mobility, if you can walk a certain length (longer than the higher point PIP distances) and don’t need mobility aids, or if you can mostly take care of yourself even if you can’t work(but obviously I have absolutely zero clue so take what I say with a grain of salt)
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Same here.
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Exactly! Make it make sense
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I’m also over fifty but it’s the lower level psychical conditions that I’m worried about . I don’t find being in constant pain and fatigue low level
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I have both ME and fibromyalgia and I have diagnosis going back 14 years with detailed consultant and gp reports confirming how these conditions affect my level of functioning.
I send them in each time I am reassessed yet I only get 3 year awards and twice they reduced my mobility from high to standard but I got it back by doing mr.
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I don’t think they actually know what they’re doing at this point. I wonder how many times they’ve changed that green paper ?
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There are some in the UC LCWRA group ( ESA Support Group ) who are in a 'severe conditions category' ( it can be Googled ) whereby they are completely exempt from further assessments - this is apparently explicitly set out in their award letters. It 'may' or 'may not' be those claimants who will be 'protected' from a rate cut tomorrow or they will be given a new named health benefit.
All will be revealed tomorrow.
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I have to fight even for half of my family to understand this, just how awful constant pain is and how much it drains. What hope do we have of getting the government to understand it.
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just saw this Catherine. Hope you’re ok . At least tomorrow we will know where we stand and so will ppl like Ellen Clifford .
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that’s what I keep telling myself - at least tomorrow we’ll know
If there are cuts, for example, it’ll make me panic but it’ll also mean I can look at my budget and know how much I’ll actually have to spend etc
Weirdly that’s somewhat better than not knowing 🥹
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I think my diagnosis was about the same time but the specialist worked out I had mild ME from age 21 but became reinfected and it made my ME highest level of moderate. If I get glandular fever again I could end up even worse.
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