The cuts and changes to the
benefits.
My Sara Jane Gorman I’m a visiting Literature for the University Of
Wolverhampton Walsall Campus. Back in February I raised awareness of the
benefit cuts to the first year students, I updated the powerpoint ready to
raise awareness to the 3rd year students when I go back to work after
Easter. On September 3rd 2015,
I will be raising awareness to last year's 3rdyear students’ awareness of
the benefits cuts at the University of Wolverhampton Walsall campus. It’s down to me to raise this awareness to you.
Here are the handouts
to the Benefit cut awareness powerpoint on this website.
I am aware that
you are not responsible to what happens in your patient’s life but due to the
stress people have to cope with today are a huge affect on people’s health. I
understand a lot of services in Britain are under stress with cuts this, that
and the other so you will only be able to do what you can do. I feel all the
same it’s my job to prepare you in case what I teach is allowed as well as
necessary. Never feel my time has been wasted in fact naturally I can only hope
for your patient’s sake and yours neither of you will have to go through what I
am teaching. If I hadn’t have prepared you for this and your manager wanted you
take necessary action I would have felt responsible for not teaching you and
preparing you in the first place.
Although this is
an old report when we had benefit changes back in 2011, now we are facing
benefit changes again with the DLA changing to PIP, which most people could
face from this year 2015 to I think 2018.
No gets told
when this change is happening, DWP just sends people a letter out when it suits
them.
Each time
people's’ benefits change or even get cut it gets more and more stressful for
people and the government puts the stress on people who are less likely to cope
without support.
Now they are
making it hard for people, they can’t have any family support.
I will be honest
to say I don’t know anything about whether or not the benefits pay for the
carers and or support worker so I don’t know what is what there. It may be an
idea for you to look into this because you will never know whether you need to
know or not.
People get
questions on letter then they have to ring a number up that’s written on the
letter.
Then people are
sent for an assessment which could be for most people out of their way from
where they live and most people may face transport problems.
If a friend or
carer comes with them they have to wait in the waiting room, they are not
allowed to come in the room with them.
This is something
else that can cause a lot of stress on peoples’ disabilities and health
problems.
There are a lot of changes and
cuts to the benefits in Britain.
·
The stresses of
the changes are too much for people with disabilities and health problems.
·
This can make
people worry.
·
This can make
people ill.
·
This can even
cause death, if it gets far too much for people.
It is so
wrong of the government to take money off people who need it most.
No one
wishes anyone to be homeless. People with disabilities find it hard to look
after ourselves more than other people.
Back in 2011, I had got
a letter off the Benefit office about my Incapacity benefit changing to
Employment and Support Allowance.
The letter wasn't
very clear to read.
DWP should not
send out unexpected letters or give people unexpected call, the Job centre
staff make people aware of the changes face to face in the Job centre.
We could get a call or
and letter any time to tell us our benefits have changed.
Changes may happen to a lot of people in days,
months and or years.
For other people
changes could happen as soon as tomorrow.
The fact that no
one knows when it’s time for their benefits this is what cause people a lot of
stress when the unexpected happens.
Information needs to be made clearer.
As the government
is trying save as much money as possible the Job centres have to cut or and
stop people money whether there’s a reason or but then it happens to some
people not others. Nobody knows why they only cut or and stop only certain
peoples’ money.
What time?
It is hard to plan
our support when we don't know when they are going to call, we need plenty of
notice.
We could get
a call or and letter any time to tell us our benefits have changed.
It is hard to plan
our support when we don't know when they are going to call.
If people
are expected to work, they can't be expected to be sitting
at home waiting for the Job Centre to call.
The cuts and changes
to the benefits.
There
are a lot of changes and cuts to the benefits in Britain.
The stresses
of the changes are too much for people with disabilities and health problems.
This can make
people worry.
This can make
people ill.
This can even cause
death, if it gets far too much for people.
It is so
wrong of the government to take money off people who need it most.
No one
wishes anyone to be homeless. People with disabilities find it hard to look
after ourselves more than other people.
Back in 2011, I had got
a letter off the Benefit office about my Incapacity benefit changing to
Employment and Support Allowance.
The letter wasn't
very clear and easy to read.
DWP should not
send out unexpected letters or give people unexpected call, the Job centre
staff should make people aware of the changes face to face in the Job centre.
We could get
a call or and letter any time to tell us our benefits have changed.
Days, months and
years need to be made out clearer to when the Job centre wants us in to tell us
about the benefit changes.
It is hard to plan
our support when we don't know when they are going to call, we need plenty of
notice.
We could get
a call or and letter any time to tell us our benefits have changed.
It is hard to plan
our support when we don't know when they are going to call.
If people
are expected to work, they can't be expected to be sitting
at home waiting for the Job Centre to call.
Benefit Cut
awareness update.
This is a message
to the Student Learning Disability nurses and Learning Disability nurses.
Stress is a risk
of a killer for all people not just people with disabilities and health
problems.
As you all may be
aware since David Cameron has been in power there have been more people with
disabilities and health problems lose their benefits than ever before. This may
seem strange to hear, the stress people have been having going through has
affected peoples’ health as far Anxiety, depression, epilepsy, even such health
problems as diabetes, asthma and etc is
curtained. Most people have even died. Last year alone Britain lost 10’6000
people with disabilities and health problems. Let’s do our best to prevent this
stress for people as much as possible by signing the petition or and sharing
the link http://www.change.org/p/3200011?recruiter=85458926&utm_campaign=signature_receipt_fb_dialog&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&fb_ref=Default
If
you work for any service, company, group, organisation to do with learning
disability and mental health I would be most grateful if as many of you as
possible team up together. This could well be the same for people with
disabilities and health problems as well. Many people like me with disabilities
and health problems are also Advocates; Learning Disability and Mental
Awareness trainers may be people like us could team up together with
profession.
We need to be awareness that there are people on benefits who don't have disabilities and health problems who don't like working who should be but it's not in everyone. People who are in that situation are making it hard for those with disabilities and health problems http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/benefits-mum-cheryl-prudham-baby-5966870?ICID=FB_mirror_main
We need to be awareness that there are people on benefits who don't have disabilities and health problems who don't like working who should be but it's not in everyone. People who are in that situation are making it hard for those with disabilities and health problems http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/benefits-mum-cheryl-prudham-baby-5966870?ICID=FB_mirror_main
Stress
of benefit cuts.
· People with
disabilities and health problems are more sensitive to stress than other people
due to our disabilities and health problems.
· If people
have their benefits cuts they won’t have access to counselling because there
will be money to pay for it without benefits.
· People who
have their benefits cut are in risk of hunger and or debt.
· People worry
about owing money which can push them to end their lives.
· So many people have overdosed.
· Not everyone
who has their benefits cut or stopped has a negative ending. · Winning appeals
doesn’t necessary they are going to be better off than before they lost their
benefits.
· They may
worry that they may not have enough money back to pay what they may owe.
·
This is where they
are in risk of going hungry and homeless.
§ People
can’t affront to live when they have lost their benefits for example
paying bills, eating, rent, they may end up homeless and or etc.
§ People
who have their benefits stopped are in risk of going hungry or and going into
debt.
§ People worry
about owing people money.
STRESSES
OF BENEFIT CUTS.
§ Due peoples’
health problems Stress push them into taking their own lives if life gets too
much for them.
§ Stress
can mostly affect those who have such health problems like Anxiety,
Depression, Epilepsy, Asthma, diabetes, and etc.
§ Many
people have taken overdoses.
§ Many
have taken and lost their own lives.
Awareness
of learning disabilities and Mental health awareness cuts.
• This is an
update of the Benefits cuts awareness presentation.
• Lives
of vulnerable peoples matters as much as yours.
• As you know
stress is the biggest killer of all but if you are
a vulnerable person, you can't cope with it as much as
other people.
• What
professions need to be aware of is that 10’600 people with disabilities
and health problems died last year due to the benefit cuts.
• I was
only aware the figures on Sunday 29th March 2015.
Waiting
for the appeals.
How
long?
• The
wait can vary to a year or two.
§ •Most people
might wait longer.
§ •Some appeals can take
longer than others.
§
The wait
depending on.
§ •On peoples’
issues.
§ •On peoples’
disabilities and health problems.
§
During
waiting time.
§ Very often
Gp’s work is limited so it’s no easy for them to keep an on peoples’ health.
§ Health checks
need to be done once or twice a year anyway but when people have had their
benefits cut health needs to be kept an eye even more so, which is not easy due
to cuts.
§ People are
finding it hard to affront living experiences.
§ Many people
have lost their lives through eating very little nothing at all.
§
Risk
of people been forced into things they can’t manage.
§ Many people
have been forced into situations they cannot cope with without support
due to the benefit cuts such as DWP and Altos signing them off fit
for work.
§ I’m not
saying people with disabilities and health problems can’t work but health,
safety and support needs to be taken into account.
§ You may have
to write proof to reasons why a person can’t hold down a certain job without
the right support.
§ With certain
disabilities and health problems there are limits of jobs they can and can’t
do, for example someone with Epilepsy; it’s a risk to let them climb ladders.
- With the cuts the government
have been making, a lot of people haven't been getting the
support they need.
- The benefit cut are people
risks of injury and accidents at work if they are not supported.
- Risks of as I said dying
of hunger.
- Some people may be stressed through
the Anxiety and Depression of services not able to provide the help people
need.
- Gps only do so much or only
allowance to do so much, which is hard to tell because most people have
been weight for example and not been told what their weight is.
- Some people might be
underweight and others may be overweight.
- Prices in shops need to be
checked when it comes to healthy foods because people can be limited to
what they can spend if they are on benefits or and if their job doesn't
pay that well.
- Risks of taking their own
lives.
- Risks of being in big debt.
- Risks of people been more
unwell.
Time
to say goodbye.
§ Handouts are
on my website sararevealed.blogspot.com/
§ Before the
session ends, I would like to know what you have learned today.
§ Please have a
chat in groups of say two to three then feedback to me.
§ Please enjoy
whatever session you may have next today.
§ Have a safe
journey, bye see you again.
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