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Subject: "'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients" First topic | Last topic
steve_h
                              

Welfare Rights Caseworker, Advocacy in Wirral, Birkenhead, Wirral
Member since
06th Mar 2006

'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients
Tue 08-Dec-09 10:57 AM

Referring to todays news item, I agree entirely with what has been reported.

We deal with people with severe mental illness who are regularly sent for ESA medicals when they clearly shoulod not be requred to.

Both Jobcentre Plus and Atos Origin staff seem to be blissfully unaware of regulation 35 of the ESA regs.

  

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RE: 'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients, clairehodgson, 08th Dec 2009, #1
RE: 'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients, nevip, 08th Dec 2009, #2

clairehodgson
                              

solicitor, CMH Solicitors, Durham
Member since
09th Apr 2009

RE: 'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients
Tue 08-Dec-09 04:23 PM

i've emailed my MP the link to the CAB's page on the subject .. not that i expect that to do much good, but if everyone does ...

  

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nevip
                              

welfare rights adviser, sefton metropolitan borough council, liverpool.
Member since
22nd Jan 2004

RE: 'Cruel' ESA tests for terminally ill cancer patients
Tue 08-Dec-09 04:50 PM

Good idea Claire. Advice heeded.

  

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