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Ironically, just as I was talking about the abysmal quality of modern day assessments, this has been flagged up to me:
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2019/...ction-purpose/
A man with coronary heart disease (who sometimes cannot even move) had his doctors recommendation ignored as he awaits a six hour operation next month has been found fit for work! It simply beggars belief. |
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Those quotes are out of date, Severe Disablement Allowance was abolished and claimants were moved onto Incapacity Benefit years ago under the Blair Government.
Re: DLA/PIP. The care components are intended to cover personal care needs eg by employing a carer. The mobility components are intended to help people unable to get out and about unaided, unless there is no 'enhanced facility for locomotion', so someone in a coma would not qualify.
The mere mention of Supplementary Benefit to an an often young and inexperienced member of staff results in a blank stare! I suspect that this lack of training/experience is the reason why the former Thomas Cook employees are complaining about the service that they received:
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The pdf version of the guide is date 8th May 2018, That is fairly current.
ESA & PIP are not designed to pay off people's mortgages.
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He is now living on £317 per month in Universal Credit payments that doesn’t cover half of his share of the mortgage and bills at a house he shares with a friend.
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DWP's decision could be the result of a mistake made in the job centre. Konrad gave eight pages of medical evidence to the job centre staff who he watched scanning in the paperwork. But the DWP has informed him they never received the medical evidence, leading the organisation to believe he is fit to work.
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Konrad has supplied the DWP with more medical evidence and has been told his case will be considered by a decisions officer.
A spokesperson for the DWP said: "We are currently reviewing Mr Zastawny's claim taking into account new information he has provided."
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Not sure if additional medical evidence is meant to be sent direct to Maximus and not the DWP, if it's not included in the original application. It should've been handed over at the assessment itself, as long it isn't general medical info.
The appeal process is still yet to come and possibly the reconsideration stage before that.
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Konrad quit work last year to take care of his elderly mother who is suffering from dementia.
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So what was he living on during that time?
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To make matters worse, he recently received a letter asking him to report at the job centre for an interview at around the same time he is meant to be going under the knife for an operation which normally takes 12 weeks to recover from.
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So after that time he possibly(depending on recovery) wouldn't be eligible for any extra money anyway.
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Lots of her former Thomas Cook colleagues are in worse situations, telling us they have received nothing and have been poorly advised by their job centres. It stems from confusion over whether they are entitled to job seeker's allowance or universal credit as the tour operator's administration process remains ongoing.
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He was initially told to claim for universal credit which would have a five week processing time. During that five week period, he travelled to Manchester from his parents' house in Scotland for a weekly appointment at the job centre.
However, a day before the first payment was due, his claim was cancelled because he had received a one-off payment from the liquidators of Thomas Cook. He was then advised he should have applied for job seeker's allowance.
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Why was he claiming in Manchester, when living in Scotland? When there is a shifting situation, complications are bound to arise.
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She reports other cases of former colleagues made homeless and living in shelters after landlords refused to allow them to stay on while they tried to find new employment.
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It takes time to issue a notice to quit, never mine an eviction, so I'm not totally convinced about those cases.