Upcoming changes to benefits
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omg I know. I’ve found some very uncaring nurses on the wards when I’ve had sick family members. Sorry I know ppl don’t like nurses to be criticised but in my experience ward nurses lack empathy.
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I don’t think labour thought the backlash would be this big either and hopefully it’s made them soften their plans for us all 🤞
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As an old timer, when my PIP was upped, I felt as 'flush' as I was when first awarded in 2009. That shows how payments have been eroded, and only had a month of experiencing that before UC transition. I hope the situation doesn't result in infighting in terms of 'i'm more poorly than you.' From my understanding, the mental health services are awful, I had a taste of them as you imagine from my circumstances and they were mostly crp 20 years ago, to push people off in genuine distress without a treatment is just outright inhumane.
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Sorry I don't really know anything about universal credit because I am on contribution based esa and I don't qualify for it.
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Yes I've got some stories about Healthcare staff I can tell you and those that were meant to look after my nan, when they were not stealing from her that is
Those bad apples end up in all places including places you'd never expect
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My hubby is in the ESA support group moved from incapacity benefit in 2013 had an assessment but hadn't had one since. We have just had the migration letter to transfer to UC 😭
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Not many of them lack empathy.
I worked on wards in the nhs for many years before I had to take early ill health retirement.
Very sorry you experienced that. X
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Its not claimants pitting against each other or thinking any of us are more deserving than others, it stupid selfish multi million heir politicians who have no idea how it is to live even one day in our shoes.
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I can’t remember the last time a thread on scope grew 20-25 pages in one day
My gut is telling me to take a 2-3 day break from the forum as it’s going to be total chaos and I wouldn’t be surprised if this thread hits 120+ total pages and there’s bound to be a lot of misunderstandings
I’m going to take time reading the official green paper and I’ll wait for the explanation articles from the benefits&work site and disability news service, etc……. (I’m not going to relay on far right media such as the daily mail or even the bbc as the majority of mainline media don’t understand how incapacity benefits actually work and will go after sensationalist headlines - though itv journalists are actually being pretty balanced)
I don’t know whether we’ll know whether this current storm will blow out quickly or turn into a tsunami untill this weekend earliest (or slow down then explode after reeves spring statement when figures and accounting details for all this may be released)
I honestly have no clue what the next chapter to all this will contain
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Has anybody seen Andrew Marr on LBC tonight ? There is a political journalist named Natasha clark about 49mins plus into the programme saying there isn't any form of cuts to pip at all. Have I misunderstood her? What are your thoughts I keep going over it and watching it again and again.
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I’ve had experience of it for four different family members even on the children’s ward . Not day surgery, I’ve had wonderful nurses looking after me there . Recently I had a procedure and they were amazing. It’s always been on the wards that for some reason there’s lack of caring . But obviously it’s not all but a few bad apples and no offence was meant.
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I know lots of them are truly wonderful just the odd bad apples like that one who was charged with harming babies in her care. You get them in all walks of life.
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I’m very scared but hoping it won’t be as bad as expected
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I think everyone on here has been very supportive of each other. You’ve all kept me sane these last feed days . Hopefully tmrw won’t be as bad as we were expecting and we can relax a bit 🤞🙏
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maybe she meant the pip freeze ?
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No she definitely said no cuts to pip
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if it has just been rumors though why has labour ministers not shot them down as not factual and instead borderline confirm the rumours are along the correct line?
This last week has been hugely damaging to labour and will have lost them a number of voters they have no chance getting back - why allow that damage to continue if people are getting upset with policy that may be proven to be mostly fictional tomorrow
I honestly think the itv leaks from 10 days back were pretty accurate - what I don’t know are if any edits have benn made to the green paper doc since (prehaps the final version is still being worked on by treasury & dwp at this late hr?)
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maybe they aren’t changing the criteria ? That would be good news
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Yes I'm really hoping so I can sleep again ☺
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Hello. I just wanted to say I have no advice I can give but that I have some understanding of how you are feeling. My eldest son is now 25 and also has autism and very bad anxiety. He tried to stay on at school and do A levels but dropped out after a couple of months because he couldn't cope either. Things were really tough and then when Covid hit and we were all trapped inside he developed psychosis on top of everything else. Since then he has been in and out of various hospitals under section and now has paranoid schizophrenia. It has been horrendous because mental health services where I live are really bad. He was even discharged to street homelessness twice without them telling me.
Anyway, over the last year he has been in a rehabilitation hospital but they are now going to discharge him to a supported living place. Like you, I am terrified about all these benefits changes and being the age he is if they will try an force him into work in the not too distant future. Then, if he will get sanctioned because he can't do what they say. Even when he first went into the rehab unit this time he had a work coach phoning him every month, although it did stop after a while. He does also get PIP but hasn't been able to have it since being in hospital. I have M.E plus other health problems and am having to claim U.C and PIP myself so am worried sick about both me and him. Because his anxiety is through the roof about going to the supported living I am now getting barraged with really distressed emails.
I can understand what you say about not being able to manage day to day things like cooking, form filling etc. and also the melt downs. My heart really does go out to you because I know how stressful it is and what a worrying time this is for you and him. I just wish these people in government would start getting even some inkling of what a negative impact this is having and what we are all having to cope with in the real world.
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