Please give this flyer to any healthcare provider you come across as the more signatures we get the better. Thanks to the fab @argentas.bsky.social for the flyer idea, the qr code and being a FOi genius! #WelfareNotWarfare
Martin Bonner
@argentas.bsky.social
Exeter, UK. Interests include Science, Technology, Medicine, Healthcare, and Disability Rights. Partner of Heart/Lung transplant recipient. Here to escape the toxicity of X, but you can find me there too as @MartinJBonner
The more I read the disability reforms green paper, the more it feels akin to: "We've decided to drive a truck into a huge crowd of people. We're not consulting on that decision, but we invite responses on what mitigations we should put in place for those affected."
As an aside - it's frustrating that this data was only released via the FOI process and wasn't included in the Green Paper evidence pack. (Despite the Green Paper being released a month ago now, we still only have an "interim evidence pack", which just includes 6 charts rehearsing old material.)
Martin Bonner@argentas.bsky.social · 2y agoThe DWP have responded to my FOI request. Their figures indicate that 87% of clamants currently receiving PIP daily living at the standard rate, and 13% of claimants receiving enhanced rate, are likely to lose their entitlement if the score 4 changes go ahead. www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
DWP's wording is unhelpful, but I think actually the stats being provided re the 'all' and the 'any' FOIs are the same: if you sum 13% of 1.6m (standard DL) and 87% of 1.3m (enhanced DL) you get an overall 46% of the 2.9m total DL awards excluded.
The DWP have responded to my FOI request. Their figures indicate that 87% of clamants currently receiving PIP daily living at the standard rate, and 13% of claimants receiving enhanced rate, are likely to lose their entitlement if the score 4 changes go ahead. www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
📣 Read our response to the new #WelfareGreenPaper released by govt yesterday that discusses changes to benefits in the UK. We want to see a system that respects, understands & listens to all, especially when it comes to people with #CKD More info: kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...
Benefits and Work have done a really good piece here, looking at what the DWP is and isn't consulting on. It isn't consulting on the major issues: scrapping WCA; PIP Daily Living & UC Health Element; freezing UC HE until 2029/30; 4-point criterion for PIP www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-lau...
DWP launches entirely bogus Green Paper consultation
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
benefitsandwork.co.uk
I have submitted an FOI request to try and find out how many of those currently receiving PIP (personal independence payment) may lose their entitlement under the new rules: www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - a Freedom of Information request to Department for Work and Pensions
Please could you provide the following information: The number of claimants currently in receipt of PIP daily living component at: a) The standard rate b) The enhanced rate For each of the above, pl...
whatdotheyknow.com
"We need to ask government what they think they're doing when they say disabled people ought to work, but they're making it damn near impossible for us to do so." - Me for Novara Media live last night on Labour's cuts to PIP and other disability benefits
We're concerned to hear about potential cuts to the disability benefits which provide a lifeline to many people with #KidneyDisease who face additional costs of disability. We want a welfare system that treats people with dignity. More info: kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...
If it wasn't for the absolutely magnificent work of the CAB whose help in completing my wife's PIP claims and with the appeals processes was so, so welcome, I think we would have given up long ago. I'm fairly good with form filling but it's a system seemingly designed to sap your energy.
Allow me a short vent: PIP is already torturously hard to get. I applied nearly a year ago and we're currently awaiting a tribunal date. But sure, keep villainising and coming after those with formally diagnosed lifelong conditions that already make life harder. Absolute pricks.
“The government is reportedly focusing on cutting incapacity and disability benefits to stem rising spending and support more people into work. But while the system needs reform, Ministers appear to be focused on cutting personal independence payments (Pip) – a benefit that isn’t related to work.”
If you think it is easy to get PIP then you’ve never applied for it or tried to apply for it or assist those who have. It is a, if not THE most soul destroying and humiliating of experiences.
PIP is a brutal brutal process. among many reasons i didn't renew mine given that process requires so much for one to just evidence it. i had assessors come to my house to quiz me, i had paperwork to fill, it saved my life and i fear for those who won't be entitled to it
We've already seen how hard PIP is to get for many people. We have already seen people dying because they were unjustly denied it, or because it has been delayed. PIP is an essential lifeline for many. Proposing to cut it is a gross mistake, which needs scrapping. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘How can I not charge my wheelchair?’ The real effects of benefit cuts for millions of disabled people
One of those waiting for Labour’s announcement explains why he depends on personal independence payments
theguardian.com
It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
sciencefriday.com
You don't want to read this. And I don't want to write it. iandunt.substack.com/p/you-dont-w...
You don't want to read this
And I don't want to write it.
iandunt.substack.com
❗For #WorldKidneyDay, we want more people to know just how #BloodyAmazing their kidneys are! They do an amazing job filtering blood & keeping our organs working. However, many don't realise their importance or the risks until it's too late. More info: kidneycareuk.org/news-from-ki...
@MarstonsPLC Visited the White Hart in Exeter yesterday. All the carpark signs say the parking fee will be deducted from the cost of your order, but when I did this I was told they only refund the first £4. A clear breach of contract. How do I get the rest of my parking refunded?
Worst wheelchair shopping experience so far @tesco Eastbourne today. Security hold keys to mobility scooters but weren't around. Customer service staff very huffy but did fetch the key to one of them. It wasnt charged but they'd gone by then. We gave up and balanced items on lap.
Many #immunocompromised are still shielding as they do not produce antibodies in response to the vaccines so are unprotected #Evusheld would allow them to start 'living with covid' too. It has been approved for use in the UK, but UK Gov have not ordered any doses. #evusheld4theuk
Nadine Dorries announces cost saving reforms to the Fire Service