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03-08-2009, 10:52

No Roger you need a doctor to sign something to say you have a problem that is not the same as medically confirmed by a specialist with hard data to backup that you have a disability or specific limiting medical condition. Right now we have too many doctors signing people onto the sick for the daftest reasons and not having the time and the resources to actually make sure someone is always telling the truth or that the problem they have actually exists.

Take back pain most gp's will take the word of a patient that they have it and refer them to a specialist for it to be sorted out which can take a long long time and is the most common thing fraudulent claimants state as their medical problem. This is what i mean by restoring the confidence of people in the system.

Right now so many whether because of the media or by someone they have heard of think that most people on incapacity benefit are lead swinging spongers with no real problem and are happy to grab that generalisation brush and tar everyone with it.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a system where people were confident that those getting incap were limited and deserved it instead of what we have now.

I am not actually sure how good the so called investigating arm is because over the years i have called that hotline to report people blatently ripping off the system and not a thing has ever happened to anyone and most of the people i have reported i know many others have also called the hotline reporting them.

In cases like this one people are waiting to see a strong response from the system to see that actually benefit and the welfare state in general is not something that can be abused and when it doesn't happen all claimants and those in need suffer because of it.

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RizzyKing Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Failed mother of 13 pregnant again! No Roger you need a doctor to sign something to say you have a problem that is not the same as medically confirmed by a specialist with hard data to backup that you have a disability or specific limiting medical condition. Right now we have too many doctors signing people onto the sick for the daftest reasons and not having the time and the resources to actually make sure someone is always telling the truth or that the problem they have actually exists. Take back pain most gp's will take the word of a patient that they have it and refer them to a specialist for it to be sorted out which can take a long long time and is the most common thing fraudulent claimants state as their medical problem. This is what i mean by restoring the confidence of people in the system. Right now so many whether because of the media or by someone they have heard of think that most people on incapacity benefit are lead swinging spongers with no real problem and are happy to grab that generalisation brush and tar everyone with it. Wouldn't it be nice to have a system where people were confident that those getting incap were limited and deserved it instead of what we have now. I am not actually sure how good the so called investigating arm is because over the years i have called that hotline to report people blatently ripping off the system and not a thing has ever happened to anyone and most of the people i have reported i know many others have also called the hotline reporting them. In cases like this one people are waiting to see a strong response from the system to see that actually benefit and the welfare state in general is not something that can be abused and when it doesn't happen all claimants and those in need suffer because of it.