Disabled lady on benefits AND in a coma pressurised by DWP to find work !!

PHILANTHROPIST

Jobseeeker wrote: »

Which broadsheet? Link?

See below ; one of many :

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/28/minister-apologise-woman-coma-find-work

sniggings

even before she was put in a coma it was pretty clear she could not work so should not have been in the work group.

She last wrote to Seetec to tell them about Sheila’s condition on January 17 – but she received yet another letter asking her to comply with the programme on January 30.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/department-work-pensions-put-girl-3135341#ixzz2vyLk7GOe
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skintmacflint

sniggings wrote: »

even before she was put in a coma it was pretty clear she could not work so should not have been in the work group.

And you know this for a fact because of what?

Teahfc

Is this not a thread for discussion part of forum?

sniggings

skintmacflint wrote: »

And you know this for a fact because of what?

because I believe the work group/work program is not fit for propose for healthy people never mind ill people, after having read the problems this woman has, it is clear to me she should never have been in the work program.

tomterm8

skintmacflint wrote: »

And you know this for a fact because of what?

Er, she was sectioned.

It's hard to work when you're locked up in hospital.

missapril75

tomterm8 wrote: »

It's hard to work when you're locked up in hospital.

It certainly is.
But people are often not held for long when sectioned.

I've worked with a couple of people who were sectioned at various times. They worked shortly before and after.

missapril75

blondebubbles wrote: »

This forum is not for discussing newspaper articles.

I'm of the view that people reading this part of the forum are interested in Benefits matters and this is a better place to discuss such things than a part of the forum that discusses all those other topics in the other part.

Clearly it's not a specific query but I think a mini DT for such subjects could run alongside this one so that those with a benefits interest don't have to search through mortgages, betting, holidays, cars, shopping etc etc

tomterm8

missapril75 wrote: »

It certainly is.
But people are often not held for long when sectioned.

I've worked with a couple of people who were sectioned at various times. They worked shortly before and after.

She was sectioned, and had a heart attack, her condition got worse and she ended up in a coma.

I've no idea whether she would have recovered quickly or not : her condition prior to the heart attack is documented. She had a heart attack while sectioned.

The DWP accepted that it made a mistake and apologised for it. It seems black and white to me.

missapril75

tomterm8 wrote: »

The DWP accepted that it made a mistake and apologised for it. It seems black and white to me.

The minister for the disabled apologised. That's not even the big cheese responsible for DWP. I think that might have been the 'political' thing to do. But there were two agencies involved and these sorts of letters are usually part of a process and generated automatically according to events, such as dates; whatever is programmed into a computer.

The newspaper reports make it sound as if some hard-hearted individual had this information but still sat down and typed a letter.

Not so black and white.