tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post9097934263942422715..comments2024-03-28T04:26:49.354+00:00Comments on Tony Greenstein's Blog: How to deal with Benefits medical examinationsTony Greensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14300640929161205370noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-27160232859128306722013-08-10T22:57:46.984+01:002013-08-10T22:57:46.984+01:00hi i passed a medical and reg 29 and 35 were aplli...hi i passed a medical and reg 29 and 35 were apllied [vascular dementia]should i apply for pip? thank you frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840453083128943118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-30916613233352098432013-02-26T17:09:01.338+00:002013-02-26T17:09:01.338+00:00The Doctor (he said he was a real Doctor and he th...The Doctor (he said he was a real Doctor and he the prefix Dr) was courteous and asked all the right questions and I was happy about it. He seemed more clued up about head injuries and PTSD than my GP. I am looking to get better so it was only a help really. My tests were serious enough for him to write to my GP on a standard form. The implication ws I needed further treatment. I have not yet seen his Report. I should have asked for his qualifications and I hope I might be able to do this later. I still got the jitters before and after though. I do not know if the signs could be read? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-40451729253801328332013-02-09T02:34:29.422+00:002013-02-09T02:34:29.422+00:00Surely if you arenot able to realistically get to ...Surely if you arenot able to realistically get to their assessment centre then they must come to you. I am facing my first assessment and am terrified already. I read above about minimizing the effects your illness has on you and it is so true. I don't understand why the government is targeting those who really can't work when there are so many who claim benefits and have jobs or falsely claim for looking after someone and things like that. I have been off work on and off over the last 3 years when it got to the stage of a capability hearing so I left because i didn't want that on my record. I wasn't (and still am unable) to do the job and i seriously question whether i will be able to fully explain my symptoms etc. I am in the process of being assessed for fibromyalgia and i have diabetes, bladder problems, limited movement in my left arm and chronic pain in my shoulders, neck, arms and hands as well as pain throughout my body and a skin condition that leaves me often with open sores and abscess type lesions. I am in pain all the time, struggle to do housework let alone anything else oh and i suffer with depression too. I am really saddened to feel my integrity is being questioned. I have wracked my brain trying to think how i would work and what type of job i would be able to do. I would love to work but who would want to employ someone who maybe has 3 good days in every 15? Anyway i am really glad i found this advice as i will be using it to help get through this ordeal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-88004282575477545602012-10-20T06:03:36.348+01:002012-10-20T06:03:36.348+01:00This is a government without feeling
I have to fac...This is a government without feeling<br />I have to face this medical in two weeks I have no faith in Atos and am<br />sure I will lose my benefits despite being medically retired from Royal Mail after 18 years with a small pension!Don't qualify for j.s.a because of this I'm 61 and am scared stiff.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-38726939014630167092012-09-06T18:04:56.319+01:002012-09-06T18:04:56.319+01:00I have to go for one of these medicals, i have hiv...I have to go for one of these medicals, i have hiv and got it from being raped by 3 men, i have post traumatic stress,panic anxiety, and to top all that i have side effects from the drugs daily and ive been left with fits and blackouts on a daily basis, im scared to go out alone,but i still have to go for a medical, i am so stressed over this its made me ill,i scared they going to stop my only income, i have someone with me every day to help me,God what am i going to do im in such a state.Do they not see that this is making people worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-88231073211707062032012-02-05T11:02:15.280+00:002012-02-05T11:02:15.280+00:00The brilliant Artist Taxi Driver -
Mister ATOS: th...The brilliant Artist Taxi Driver -<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CwRcRsb6eps" rel="nofollow">Mister ATOS: the truth</a><br />You Tube<br />03 Feb 2012<br /><br />Shot to bits. Fit for work -<br /><a href="http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/01/26/man-shot-with-a-44-magnum-two-heart-attacks-and-a-stroke-declared-fit-for-work-by-atos-private-eye/" rel="nofollow">Man shot with a 44 Magnum, two heart attacks and a stroke declared “fit for work” by Atos – Private Eye</a><br />Black Triangle Campaign<br />26 Jan 2012<br /><br />Terminally ill. Fit for work -<br /><a href="http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2012/01/19/terminally-ill-man-offered-return-to-work-advice-51525-30151500/" rel="nofollow">Terminally-ill man offered `return-to-work’ advice</a> <br />Hamilton Advertiser<br />09 Jan 2012<br /><br />In a coma. Fit for work -<br /><a href="http://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/2496/" rel="nofollow">Yep- it has finally happened (or near enough).</a><br />rightsnet discussion forum<br />17 Jan 2012joe90 kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925893894108250518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-1784072198454757972012-02-04T08:21:35.800+00:002012-02-04T08:21:35.800+00:00I'd just like to pass some more info critical ...I'd just like to pass some more info critical of the British medical professions' on-going collusion with the government's welfare reforms, which are an abuse of the long term chronically ill and disabled community of Britian.<br /><br />Below is correspondence with Atos and the professional British medical organisations and journals. The last letter is the most important and I include the other 2 so it makes more sense. Just to say, it basically cricises the complete lack of morals and ethics of the British medical professional regulatory bodies and organisations with regards to the DWP, Atos, ESA (Employment and Support Allowance) and the WCA (Work Capability Assessment).<br /><br />First, here is John McArdle of the Black Triangle Campaign (also based in Edinburgh same as the organisation which produced the guide to the benefit medical examination which, as we all know, has nothing to do with medicine) explaining the background to these open criticisms of the British medical profession and which, to my knowledge, have yet to see the light of day in any of the profession's journals such as Pulse, the BMJ etc -<br /><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts-blog/just_not_working_why_government_fit_to_work_tests_are_failing_1_2070334" rel="nofollow">Just not working: Why government fit-to-work tests are failing</a> <br />The Scotsman<br />21 Jan 2012<br /><br />Correspondence as follows -<br /><a href="http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2011/09/27/atos-open-letter-to-the-bmj-and-rcn/" rel="nofollow">ATOS – OPEN LETTER TO THE BMJ AND RCN</a><br />BCT<br />27 Sept 2011<br /><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BL5dO096hynQp9hry29Pt4zUSzsvCGLrIOrvSq8SP3I/edit" rel="nofollow">Atos reply from Keith Wilman dated 10 Oct 2011 (3).pdf</a><br />Google docs<br /><br /><a href="http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2011/11/21/response-to-our-open-letter-and-atoss-reply-to-the-bmj/" rel="nofollow">Response to our open letter and Atos’s reply to the BMJ:</a><br />Black Triangle Campaign<br />21 Nov 2011joe90 kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925893894108250518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640441812647446166.post-38783292751662143442012-02-01T08:53:36.520+00:002012-02-01T08:53:36.520+00:00People might be interested in the psudeo-medical s...People might be interested in the psudeo-medical science and disgusting medical ethics that lie behind these on-gong welfare reforms aimed at Britains long term chronically ill and disabled patient community.<br />Here is a recent article by a good internet buddy of mine -<br /><a href="http://www.democraticgreensocialist.org/wordpress/?page_id=1716" rel="nofollow">Illness as ‘Deviance’, Work as Glittering Salvation and the ‘Psyching-up’ of the Medical Model: Strategies for Getting The Sick ‘Back To Work’.</a><br />by Gill Thorburn<br />Democratic Green Socailist<br />Jan 2012<br /><br />Just to say that these "functional" assessemnt carried out by Atos on behalf of the DWP aren't medical assessments, as they are often erroneously decribed as. They ignore medical science and medical expertise of specialsist in the NHS such as consultants and GPs. They ignore pain and suffering. They ignore basic medical ethics of treating patients with sympathy and compassion but instead hold them in suspicioun and disbelief.<br /><br />The GMC and the Nursing & Midwifery Council and also the BMA have done absolutely nothing about the widespread allegation of medical abuse and even criminal fraud being praciticed by the medical staff of Atos and the DWP. The Nazis had a good term for the behaviour of professions that easily, silently and without fuss implimented and carried out new government policies, "Glieschaltung".joe90 kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925893894108250518noreply@blogger.com