tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post9064873700684924573..comments2023-11-25T01:12:34.326+00:00Comments on Benefit Scrounging Scum: ACT NOW - Fight For Your Independence #PIPBenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-24298781840506821762012-12-20T18:54:57.359+00:002012-12-20T18:54:57.359+00:00I am currently on highest rate of both DLA (and wa...I am currently on highest rate of both DLA (and was reassessed just last month to confirm this is right) but I looked at the PIP criteria which are very specific and I don't think I am going to get anything under PIP!<br /><br />"Secondly the reliably, repeatedly, safely and timely emphasis has not gone into the regulations"<br /><br />This is what will cause the problem for me. I am very seriously ill, but I can walk as I am not paralysed, however it is very painful and physically harmful for me to do so. <br /><br />It seems like PIP doesn't take account of physical safety which will leave me without any support. I need care as I have frequent seizures and joint instability which means I get seriously injured and need assistance, but I don't think this will score me any points for PIP. There isn't a criteria for "You need help not to be seriously injured or die". Basically it seems as long as you can put food in your mouth and wipe your bottom, they don't care what else happens to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-6821788043484315912012-12-17T15:36:45.447+00:002012-12-17T15:36:45.447+00:00Just wanted to publicise a point that few people a...Just wanted to publicise a point that few people are aware of, If you are on betaferon or glatiromer acetate injections for MS, as my wife is then you attend annual checks, in our case at SRH. We always ask for a copy of the letter they send to her Dr. It always begins by stating if you were accompanied or not & then reports your timing for a 25mtr walk! If you are going worse on this walk yearly you may be taken off these disease modifying drugs. Hence we make sure we don't have to rush there, make sure she's not over warm and been too loo. All so if she can't walk all year she must do this to keep her therapy! Now we always send this and any other medical reports we get along with ESA & DLA forms which we think gets her fairer hearing. But this 20mtr rule will sweep away all MS SUFFERERS who are on these drugs! Have the consultants who send the letters been made aware of this I wonder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-17841704026657910892012-12-17T15:17:40.285+00:002012-12-17T15:17:40.285+00:00The lack of legal protection around the "repe...The lack of legal protection around the "repeatedly, reliably and safely" issue worries me. This could apply to the ESA descriptors as well. I will write to my MP regarding this angle and would encourage everyone to do the same. This is a shameful act by the Government as it is they who set the ethos that the DWP then act upon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com