Stop investigatory actions against disabled persons who provide medical evidence/fit note.
The Issue
This is a petition to focus on an issue that affects thousands of people every day in the UK with disabilities. The UK government forces those who need to claim support and aids and cannot find it elsewhere for their disabilities to jump through ridiculous hoops in order to achieve it.
Where a diagnosis has already been made by a reputable medical professional including sick/fit note, it is an insult to the medical professional’s integrity and their career for the DWP to insist that the disabled person be re-evaluated through investigatory and accusatory meetings and phone calls regarding their disability. It completely undermines the opinion of the medical staff, doctors and nurses that work with and know the needs of their patient.
A disabled person must attend these meetings and accept phone calls as they come with the threat that they will 'lose' any support or aid that they are yet to gain from the DWP if they do not take part. However, the government hired 'medical staff' and telephone agents are often highly suspicious of the disabled individual and will cause them distress to reach a 'verdict'. This interrogation is not necessary when reputable medical staff have already diagnosed their patient.
This needs to stop.
This is all in the name of determining a person’s eligibility to support and aid, however when a disabled person already has the opinion of medical professionals, this is very unnecessary. These meetings and phone calls seem to be a route of the DWP inserting the disabled person(s) into a position which is vulnerable for them as there is no one to speak for them except for the person themselves when put under these rules, which can lead to them not achieving support, assistance or aids.
Every year people young and elderly fall into debt because they can’t pay for things they need such as medical treatment/ medical aids and pay for rent/bills/food as they have been denied support by the DWP.
This is the opposite to how we should treat our disabled.
It is a disgusting practice that is put in place to prevent disabled people from accessing much needed assistance, aids and support in the UK.
The aim...
*All disabled benefits for children and adults should be awarded straight away to those who provide medical evidence/fit note (doctors note, psychiatrists note, specialists note etc.) without the need for further DWP assessment/telephone assessment. (PIP, DLA, ESA)
*Those with long term conditions or chronic illness that isn’t likely to improve should not have to reapply every three years to PIP, ESA or DLA and should be able to apply for a lifetime award with the support of a fit note/ medical advice.
*Take the 'what I can and cannot do' part out of PIP forms. They make the forms unnecessarily long (41) pages. The DWP should not ask what a person does on a daily basis, this is looking at disability only from a full time physical standpoint and not from a dynamic, chronic illness or mental perspective. If a person has a ‘not fit for work’ note and medical records that show evidence of what the claimant has voiced they have, then they are not lying!
*Take 'fit for work' decisions out of the DWP's hands when someone has a viable fit note stating 'not fit for work'. A reputable NHS doctor should not be allowed to lie in favour of a patient therefore the claimant is undeniably ‘not fit for work’. This relates to Universal Credit or ESA.
If you choose to sign this petition, you will be helping future generations and thousands of people to access disabled support, assistance and self purchased aids without the need for investigatory actions by the DWP.
Help to stop the DWP's reign of terror over disabled people!
Let's take this to Parliament!
*The term Disability is a wide term and should be considered inclusively to cover physical, mental, chronic illness and all forms of disability.*
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The Issue
This is a petition to focus on an issue that affects thousands of people every day in the UK with disabilities. The UK government forces those who need to claim support and aids and cannot find it elsewhere for their disabilities to jump through ridiculous hoops in order to achieve it.
Where a diagnosis has already been made by a reputable medical professional including sick/fit note, it is an insult to the medical professional’s integrity and their career for the DWP to insist that the disabled person be re-evaluated through investigatory and accusatory meetings and phone calls regarding their disability. It completely undermines the opinion of the medical staff, doctors and nurses that work with and know the needs of their patient.
A disabled person must attend these meetings and accept phone calls as they come with the threat that they will 'lose' any support or aid that they are yet to gain from the DWP if they do not take part. However, the government hired 'medical staff' and telephone agents are often highly suspicious of the disabled individual and will cause them distress to reach a 'verdict'. This interrogation is not necessary when reputable medical staff have already diagnosed their patient.
This needs to stop.
This is all in the name of determining a person’s eligibility to support and aid, however when a disabled person already has the opinion of medical professionals, this is very unnecessary. These meetings and phone calls seem to be a route of the DWP inserting the disabled person(s) into a position which is vulnerable for them as there is no one to speak for them except for the person themselves when put under these rules, which can lead to them not achieving support, assistance or aids.
Every year people young and elderly fall into debt because they can’t pay for things they need such as medical treatment/ medical aids and pay for rent/bills/food as they have been denied support by the DWP.
This is the opposite to how we should treat our disabled.
It is a disgusting practice that is put in place to prevent disabled people from accessing much needed assistance, aids and support in the UK.
The aim...
*All disabled benefits for children and adults should be awarded straight away to those who provide medical evidence/fit note (doctors note, psychiatrists note, specialists note etc.) without the need for further DWP assessment/telephone assessment. (PIP, DLA, ESA)
*Those with long term conditions or chronic illness that isn’t likely to improve should not have to reapply every three years to PIP, ESA or DLA and should be able to apply for a lifetime award with the support of a fit note/ medical advice.
*Take the 'what I can and cannot do' part out of PIP forms. They make the forms unnecessarily long (41) pages. The DWP should not ask what a person does on a daily basis, this is looking at disability only from a full time physical standpoint and not from a dynamic, chronic illness or mental perspective. If a person has a ‘not fit for work’ note and medical records that show evidence of what the claimant has voiced they have, then they are not lying!
*Take 'fit for work' decisions out of the DWP's hands when someone has a viable fit note stating 'not fit for work'. A reputable NHS doctor should not be allowed to lie in favour of a patient therefore the claimant is undeniably ‘not fit for work’. This relates to Universal Credit or ESA.
If you choose to sign this petition, you will be helping future generations and thousands of people to access disabled support, assistance and self purchased aids without the need for investigatory actions by the DWP.
Help to stop the DWP's reign of terror over disabled people!
Let's take this to Parliament!
*The term Disability is a wide term and should be considered inclusively to cover physical, mental, chronic illness and all forms of disability.*
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Petition created on 27 August 2023