Budget - tougher for DLA claimants

i think though it will be easier for some in that the DLA FORMS are dreadful to fill in, and as with ESA medicals those that are severely disabled have not had to fight to be awarded ESA....both my girls went straight in to the Support group( Profoundly disabled).
i think for some it wilL be harder but in our case it will be easier.
M

Do they literally mean every claimant on DLA will have to have a medical??

As welshsue said this seems unfair for people with mental health issues - such as my mum who is on MRC DLA for that reason and now all this talk in the budget will cause even more stress and worry for these people, which is exactly what they don't need.

I'm quite sure a medical won't show doctors how people with mental health problems are when they are at their worst, the days they won't even get out of bed or eat, the days they feeling like ending it all and the pressure it puts on their families too.

I wondered why they singled out this benefit and not Incapacity or Job Seekers Allowance?

Can you imagine what a massive undertaking it would be to give EVERY DLA claimant a medical??? It would take years surely? Maybe it will be new claimants and Renewals??

I hope we get some clarification soon.

davidhwdn wrote: »

I hope and pray ATOS are not involved

Sorry for being naive, who are they?

i go back to a question i asked for peoples thoughts on previously, if u had been told to stop work like i did a few years ago after seeing doctor with muscle and nerve problems also walking difficulties and neck problems. now if the government are saying people like me are fit for work why have they told me down the years i cant work?. now what do we do?. i would and i am sure others would love to work if it was possible to do each day without to much health problems but some people cant. we are treated like crap at times or like we are a foot ball to be kicked from pillar to post at the whim of governments and mps that rip people off. now they are trying to alter the small amount of dla we get to help with everyday things, it makes a huge difference to people like me who would not have a car and would be very limited to where they could go. maybe the government could give us all a holiday and then after we can have free youthanasia. the end. sorry but thing get me bloody mad at times.