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Originally Posted by weenie
I hope you feel better soon, and they should be bothered as they are making some people's illnesses worse by the stress they cause
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Of course they should, it should be down to the GP, specialist or consultant to decide whether you're fit enough to work. Not a system that's designed to cut costs or a suit that has no knowledge of what the illness is and what it means. Just because some don't look ill doesn't mean they are not very ill.
My point is that there are people who think that the ill are being looking after, and that they do get what they need/deserve but that's always not the case - far from it. They said a million have been found fit enough to work, yet I'd like to know just how many failed just on the basis that the tests are just badly designed so how many people are suffering.
As for the stress they cause, well I don't think they are too bothered by that. The truth is even though you are ill, sick or whatever and you do managed to 'win' a claim, the stress (though fear is a better word) never goes away because the next time you fill in the form you just might not quality. EDITED (The max allowance 'normally' for ESA is 3 years, the majority has to redo the form on a yearly basis - though just been told that some do get awarded with no set period which is new info for me so
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