My sister was denied benefits when her DLA stopped. She is bipolar with very poor mobility caused by RA and lupus, she is also in a lot of pain. She was told she is not disabled enough to get benefits. They did not listen to her nor to her doctors. They fabricated one lie after …

One of the worst experiences I’ve ever had, benefit reforms from DLA to pip. The two assessor pressurised me for 1 hour 35 minutes and kept on dismissing anything that I said that wasn’t on there stupid computer. The worst of it was many of the things were never even added to the report. I …

In 2017 I undertook some social research in a small town in Buckinghamshire to research was commissioned by the local authority. There were two pieces the first was published however, they did not publish the second piece or really seem to accept the fundamental aspects of the findings. This piece of research was about the …

I am a housing support worker for older people. Quite honestly I don’t know where to start – should I start with waiting 5 hours for paramedics to come when an elderly person has fallen in the night as it’s not life or death? Or with older people being catheterised in hospital so they can …

I have been severely affected by my moving onto Universal Credit from ESA, also by moving from DLA onto PIP and the changing of Support for Mortgage Interest from being a benefit into a loan. This combined with my health problems, a shrinking NHS which is not providing an adequate service, lack of social care …

I have been on ESA now for 10 years.  So far I have had 5 assessments in that time.  I had to rearrange the last one, as on the day my anxiety and stress were so bad that I threw up.  Each time I go to these assessments my health has got worse, through worrying …