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To: Rt Hon Liz Kendall, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
No more PIP reassessments for people with Lifelong Disabilities & Terminal Illness
We want Liz Kendall, MP to do what 5 Tory Prime Minister's refused to.
A disabled person with a lifelong disability, condition or Terminal illness that will not get better or diminish, should not have to go through Light Touch Reviews at 10 years. If someone cannot self-advocate, they can be taken advantage of, be manipulated. Medical Consultants give enough evidence through their reports that 10 year Light Touch Reviews are un-necessary. Danny is Certified Sight Impaired, On the DeafBlind Register, cannot use phones or fill in forms, yet we are still being told that they will need a Light Touch Review at the 10-year mark, HOW? And terminally ill people need to be fast tracked & the current system is too slow, people are dying before they are in receipt of benefits!
A disabled person with a lifelong disability, condition or Terminal illness that will not get better or diminish, should not have to go through Light Touch Reviews at 10 years. If someone cannot self-advocate, they can be taken advantage of, be manipulated. Medical Consultants give enough evidence through their reports that 10 year Light Touch Reviews are un-necessary. Danny is Certified Sight Impaired, On the DeafBlind Register, cannot use phones or fill in forms, yet we are still being told that they will need a Light Touch Review at the 10-year mark, HOW? And terminally ill people need to be fast tracked & the current system is too slow, people are dying before they are in receipt of benefits!
Why is this important?
Young people and Adults with special educational needs and a lifelong disability cannot self-advocate, nor can we rely upon the system to protect them. Advocates and social workers come & go, we need to address the shortage of social workers in the SEND system. These genuinely disabled and terminally ill people are not
work shy, they are being told that despite evidence to the contrary they must work, or that they don't qualify. They cannot defend themselves and quite frankly, our government should be doing its level best to protect them, instead poorly qualified assessors employed by US companies, who are profit driven are in charge of assessment. Assuming everyone is a criminal & treating genuinely disabled & terminally ill people like this is unacceptable! Terminally ill people need to be fast tracked as soon as they are diagnosed!
work shy, they are being told that despite evidence to the contrary they must work, or that they don't qualify. They cannot defend themselves and quite frankly, our government should be doing its level best to protect them, instead poorly qualified assessors employed by US companies, who are profit driven are in charge of assessment. Assuming everyone is a criminal & treating genuinely disabled & terminally ill people like this is unacceptable! Terminally ill people need to be fast tracked as soon as they are diagnosed!
How it will be delivered
We’re hoping that our local MP will deliver it for us.
