fritzoidsSep 29, 2023
I'm continuously amazed at how people will care for the #ChronicallySick and not #MaskUp .
Our neighbour's wheelchair needed to be serviced. The guy picking it up asked me why I was wearing a respirator, followed by an"Are you sick?" I was too stupefied to ask him "You encounter medically vulnerable people all the time; why are you not protecting them?!"
AutisticMumTo3Jun 18, 2023

DWP announces another NHS-based work programme
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/06/14/the-dwps-invasion-of-the-nhs-continues-gps-can-now-refer-disabled-people-for-voluntary-work-placements/

#Disability
#Disabled
#ChronicallySick
#ChronicallyIll
#DWP
#VoluntaryWork
#VoluntaryNotVoluntary
#EmploymentSupport
#IndividualPlacementAndSupportInPrimaryCare
#IPSPC
#Outsourcing
#NHS
#GPs
#NotJustClaimants
#DWPInNHS
#Privatisation
#USModelHealthcare
#MentalHealth
#MedicalRecords
#IPS
#WorkAsTreatmentForMHIssues
#ME
#ExcerciseTherapy
#CostCutting

The DWP's invasion of the NHS continues: GPs can now refer disabled people for voluntary work placements

The IPS model comes from the US, claiming work is good for your health. So, enter the DWP to incorporate it into the NHS.

Canary
AutisticMumTo3Jan 12, 2023

Citizens Advice reveal number of Britons who couldn’t afford electricity in 2022 | The Independent
#CitizensAdviceBureau
#CAB
#PrepaymentMeter
#EnergyPrices
#FuelPoverty
#Ofgem
#Disabled
#ChronicallySick
#Vulnerable
#CostOfLivingCrisis

People who should not be put on prepayment meters for health reasons being forced onto them

Citizens Advice bureau says it saw more people who were unable to top up their meter in 2022 than in the whole of the last 10 years combined

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/energy-credit-citizens-advice-bureau-prepayment-b2260707.html

Citizens Advice reveal the sobering number of Britons who ran out of energy credit in 2022

Citizens Advice bureau says it saw more people who were unable to top up their meter in 2022 than in the whole of the last 10 years combined

The Independent