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Anyone used Discount Mobility Shop?
Hey everyone. Has anyone used Discount Mobility Shop? I ordered my new wheelchair from them on 21st October. The website still showed as "pending" today so I got in touch with them and they said that it was dispatched on 22nd October and should have been with me the next day and to check with our neighbours. It's a…
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Direct Payments
Hi MSE Users, I'm not sure if this is the right place but I wanted to find out if anyone on here knows if a Direct Payment from your local council could be used to purchase services for example from another council. I seem to remember from somewhere that DP couldn't be used to purchase services from your own council but…
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DLA Advice
My child (5) suffers from fainting spells which are becoming more regular. This has been happening for the last 3 years. I have had her to the Doctors where she has been checked out etc and all seems to be fine, they think she suffers from Vasovagal? Syndrome and hopefully something she will grow out of. Would I be allowed…
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Support Worker
Does anyone have a support worker on here? I'm looking to get one and wondered how much it costs per hour a week?
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Petition to keep lifetime DLA awards
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/government-policy-on-disability-living-allowance-stop-the-change-to-indefinite-claim-on-disability-living-allowance-benefit?share_id=fXNNvCkwIG&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition
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motability - what can you haggle on?
Hi, I am looking to get my first motability car and know little about cars and models. I have read some threads on what you can try and haggle for but they are all a few years old. Any advice on what you can realistically haggle in recent times - the advance payment? extras? I am looking at the vauxhall insignia, just the…
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Help around home for disabled?
Hi, I'm in my 30s, disabled, blue badge holder, dla at higher rate etc. money is always very tight. Right now my washing machine is leaking but I can't get it out of its slot - I'm just not strong enough. May just be a leaky hose or something but I need some basic help. I frequently find myself in these positions with…
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knee scooter
Has anyone hired a knee scooter. Im looking for the cheapest place to either buy or rent one. Thanks in advance:D
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What is "fairer charging policy" please?
My DH has received a letter from the Council, stating that they have secured a place, and will fund the cost of his attendance at a Dementia Centre, once a week, for 4 hours, but "due to decrease of Local Authority Funding 10% Contingency, indicative allocation, as per our Fairer Charging Policy, this will not meet the…
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struggling to accept disability
Hi I am an Autistic disabled man of 46 years old who has spine/hip/leg joint issues that mean I am unable to walk and live in pain 24/7/365. morphine and other pills do not help apart from making me sleepy. Being wheelchair for life or bedbound for six months a year the ups and downs of my condition are so huge even after…
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Fake Britain - BB Misuse
Anyone else seen the couple of reports they've had on BB misuse. In each case the LA confiscated the badge it has been where the person in the car claims to have already dropped off the badge holder and is awaiting his / her return. One report was done in the streets surrounding Fulham FC on a match day. Interestingly in…
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wheelchair repair
Anyone had dealings with Gerald Simonds. They have had my son's power chair for eight weeks for repair. We are getting nowhere. Help
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ESA advice please
Hi all, hoping someone can help please. My husband has a prosthetic leg and fused hip and has a mobility car on DLA. He was working one day but developed a sore on his stump which needed an operation (probably caused by being on his feet and an ill fitting prosthetic). He has been off of work for just over 18 months now…
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Dla application,do i sent my Esa report with it
hi,just wanting some advice regards what to do with my application for Dla,i recently passed my atos medical for esa and was put in the support group,should I include there report with my Dla application as suppoting evidence along with all my other letters from my gp and specialist etc,thank you
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Fast Track Nursing Care - can this be withdrawn?
The 78 year old husband of a friend has had Parkinsons for 15 years, and has also been diagnosed with Dementia. Three months ago he fell backwards down the stairs, and was taken to hospital where he stayed for a month. My friend was then told he only had a few months to live, and had been Fast Tracked by the NHS, for…
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Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
hi, i've had a letter about this, might be of use to some I didn't like the sound of the idea when I read this bit > private sector company (ATOS). Newhall Surgery will be required to supply patients’ personal and confidential medical Information, on a regular and continuous basis, to the Health and Social Care Information…
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This whole welfare reform thing is going a bit fast say the government.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2689/memorandum/contents These go by the exciting title of 'The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013'. Previously the plan had been that every working age claimant of DLA (re)assessed after 28th October would change onto PIP.…
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Halifax mortgage protection & life insurance refused to pay for Benign Brain Tumour
Hi, I have had a house mortgage with Halifax since year 2000. I had purchased a total mortgage protection plan and life cover with it. Recently I fell ill and had a brain surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. On Recovery, I contacted Halifax but I was told the policy only covers malignant tumors not benign tumors.…
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Atos again!
Atos have made a decision about my ESA,well a recommendation but they refuse to part with that information over the phone. Rang income support in case they knew anything but they do not,they said it is a new ESA claim been set up and there is no real information on the computer about which group I am in but they will get…
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Please help, your knowledge and expertise is required.
A friend of mine is in her final year at uni studying for a fashion degree. She is desperately trying to open her lecturers' eyes to the genuine every day difficulties disabled people face finding clothes that fit their physical requirements. She really needs some more people to answer her questionnaire. If you could spare…