Green paper to be published before April now :? :? :? Matt Hancock told the House of Commons on Monday that he plans to publish the green paper “before April”. The green paper has been delayed multiple times, the most recent of which came just before Christmas. see in full on following link https://...

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Welcome to the forum Ann but sorry to hear about what you are coping with. Take a read of the information on this link, about discharges from hospital. It explains various options open to you and how to go about it. Take note of requesting a carers assessment in your own right too. https://www.carer...

Plenty good advice given above from other members/staff Gorgia. If you don't already have it, ask GP for phone number for your local Crisis team for mental health. Hopefully nothing will happen and you wont need phone them, but always best to have other options available to you immediately, especial...

I need check my figures but I am sure under the old system the figures of fraud/error for DLA was something like 0.05%. (Chris may remember) I wonder what the total cost is of all the private companies now doing the assessments etc. Noone supports fraud by any means but I would imagine costs to imp...

Am I more likely to get angry or to cry? Probably both. I was so angry at times as they were portraying how much a reality the welfare system etc is for many people. Angry that many people don't realise the full impact of all the cuts. Upset that as a country this is the way we treat people. I need...

Main thing is she does not do this alone. Local CAB and welfare rights office sometimes have people that can support her at a review. Beforehand though they can assist with any forms she receives. Biggest problem is probably a long wait to get an appt with them. Start building her case now with copi...

Take photocopies of the essential paperwork you need and pass it all to your MP. Let them handle it all on your behalf. They have contacts within DWP to sort stuff like this out. If you still have letters/emails to send in, send copy to MPs office too. Inform DWP that anything they send will be sent...

Hi Angela, This is NOT advice for you to follow, just posting what helped me this year. I too had my 2nd leg ulcer and then developed another. So had one on front of left leg and one at the back of same leg. I cannot put into words how bad the pain was. I also had cellulitis in same leg for a period...

We get this for my hubby. It was reviewed recently, just 6 months after initial decision. Still awaiting outcome of the review. On top of care home charges he gets 13 hrs a day 1-1 staffing, and at the review night times have been mentioned. There is not a single thing he can do for himself and is a...