BBC television to investigate problems with ESA - email from Benefitsandwork.co.uk - want to get involved?
As a benefitsandwork.co.uk I received an email with this request that I am passing on.
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television to investigate problems with ESA
The BBC's current affairs department is investigating the difficulties people face when trying to claim ESA, for a television documentary. The programme aims to highlight claimants' experiences with the new system and to investigate why people with genuine illnesses and disabilities are being declared fit to work. Do you, for example, believe the results of your Atos assessment are wrong? Or perhaps you do not think they reflect the answers you gave to the doctor at the time.
“If you've had a problem claiming ESA and would like to discuss your experience, then please contact Liam McDougall as soon as possible on 0141 422 7559 or liam.mcdougall@bbc.co.uk
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If you look at the final page of an Incapacity to Work Questionnaire you have to sign away your rights in terms of protecting your healh records. This contradicts assurances I have obtained from my NHS trust that any information on medical records wiil only be accessed with express premission from me - so the Atos run DLA assessment is blackmailing people to give up their rights
A good web site is called Work and Benefits which provided detailed professiona advice on how to deal with Atos. For example it claims Atos refuses any writing or recording of interview ! I will send you the details of the Decaleration you have to sign later
Cheers
Last august i'd an emergency colostomy (hartmanns procedure). The following November i'd a medical at Caronna House, Glasgow. It was carried out by a 'nurse' not a doctor and the result of the 'medical' that was decided by a DECISION MAKER proves to me that he/her has as much knowledge of the human body as i have in quantum phisics. It was decided that i had complete control of my bowels, which i obviously have none at all. In January i was back in for a reversal operation but unfortunately it couldn't be done and i was given an ileostomy which is ten times worse than a colostomy (i've got to plan any outings so as they are always near a toilet). I'm going in for a third operation in July and i've since been told that due to the volume of appeals mine will not be heard until at least August
yours
Stewart Carroll