Holly Bunty
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"The govt can hide behind convenient “not official policy” excuses. It’s patently clear that it is instructing AtW staff to make de facto🪓🪓. What it can’t hide is the very real result. Bcos disabled communities won’t stop speaking out & exposing the govt’s sham excuses..."⤵️
The DWP has been caught cutting 9 out of 10 people's Access to Work awards The DWP is making cuts to nearly all people renewing their AtW - but it's denying it's doing this, writes @h_sharland. She spoke to Cathy Waller of Decode @disabilityarts
https://t.co/SfPTfqwS4H
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🆕📘 “As well as negatively affecting the health & wellbeing, of those in need of social care support, this could increase the pressure on: 🏥 health&care system 🤝 V&C & social enterprise sector further 📈increase the burden on unpaid #carers. #RunningOnEmpty
#CareNotCuts
An annual report by the care regulator has highlighted how the continuing social care crisis is impacting disabled and older people who need support in their own homes. #SocialCare #StateOfCare #AdultSocialCare #CQC
https://t.co/RSBVh3odcH
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“They are in economic terms, a massive national asset propping up the system for free. If they were recognised, funded & supported– the whole state would function better. & if they ever stopped? The UK economy would find out instantly just how much it depended on them all along.
We don’t talk about this enough 👇 Unpaid carers in the UK provide care worth £183 BILLION a year. That’s more than the entire NHS England budget. This invisible workforce is keeping the system standing — but most get: no salary no pension contributions no sick pay very
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COVID-19 can trigger rapid bone loss—up to 8.6% Bone Mineral Density in a month—via viral invasion, inflammation, and hormonal disruption. This imbalance accelerates osteoporosis risk, doubling diagnoses and raising long-term fracture vulnerability. https://t.co/FKk9b6c83Q
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🕵️♂️”Common responses: increase support available to sick & disabled people, including PIP, UC HE,+ Access to Work ensure that appropriate assessments for both extra-cost & work-incapacity benefits are in place do not apply conditions, to benefit receipt for sick&disabled pple⤵️
I've written up some initial thoughts on the government's response to the Pathways to Work consultation. There were 48,000 responses to this consultation. Many people oppose the basic principles and key changes (cuts) proposed by the government. https://t.co/kvjP1sewjX
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“👦poverty is set to rise by more than half a percentage point a year, over the course of this Parliament, which would be the worst outcome for any Labour-led government in over 60 years.Partial reform of the 2-child limit brings the growth rate down, but it is only full repeal⤵️
If they don't implement significant policy changes, this Government will preside over the sharpest increase in child poverty by any Labour Government in the last 60 years ⤵️ Read 'No half measures' 👉 https://t.co/8P3LPFXHHP
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Really not good. PIP changes will be considered for all claimants including existing ones - upending a win we made when the green paper was going through parliament- and PIP still to be the gateway benefit though many are in LCWRA not PIP as they serve different needs.
The DWP just quietly revealed yet more major changes to Timms’ PIP review Me for @TheCanaryUK
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DWP Publishes Response to Pathways to Work Consultation(key findings )@FENews👇🏼 #disabled #disability
https://t.co/a9QfWxsVki
fenews.co.uk
| DWP Publishes Response to Pathways to Work Consultation
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An inconvenient truth that our society is not equipped to psychologically accept or even hear. Ongoing 2% excess deaths less painful than disrupting our fragile worldview. This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough via @thetyee
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We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
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"Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes & heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline & dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles"⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/ksaucCYsif via @NewsNowUK
thetyee.ca
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
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Serious mental illness tied to increased risk of long COVID
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Participants with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or recurrent major depressive disorder were at a 10% higher risk of persistent symptoms.
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Lady with dangly earrings, "To the lady who is claiming PIP" #BBCQT "Absolutely agree, claiming PIP, it's a horrific system" "The amount of information you have to provide is unbelievable" "So anybody who thinks people are cheating the system, I cannot understand" *Then
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This week I gave evidence to the TIA Bill committee in the House of Lords. The Committee were rigorous and forensic - but I was left with the feeling that for some members, all suggested amendments are viewed as ‘wrecking’. Witnesses could submit written evidence. Mine👇
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Are you interested in eating disorders funding and research?🔬 Please help us develop some key messaging to deliver to stakeholders to help increase investment in eating disorder research by completing the following survey! https://t.co/zznFN8fbcJ
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And speaking of linguistics, note how the first four points are *instructions*, yet the fifth point is a *suggestion*. To illustrate the absurdity of this, simply imagine if the second point read, 'Consider washing your hands regularly'.
🤧 Feeling under the weather? Help stop infections from spreading with this checklist for you and your family. #Flu #COVID #RSV #Cold
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47,983 responses📋 14,763 of these were direct responses We also received: 32,788 responses from a single campaigning platform 367 postcards sent via a postcard campaign 65 individual responses via a petition
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On Thursday 20 November the Inquiry will publish its Module 2 report and recommendations covering core UK decision-making and political governance. 📄 Follow our page for more news about the report’s upcoming release.
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📤Calling all Researchers & people with experience of #Involvement in health and social care research to patients, service users and carers - tell us your #PPI views!📤 See our #PPI animation: https://t.co/JaNzyOnYyo Survey link: https://t.co/3Jv81ES2lL ✨Please reshare!✨
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