tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post1935287140237290389..comments2023-05-28T11:03:27.857+01:00Comments on WOW Petition: LMC Campaign To Refuse Benefits Help is Short Sighted & WrongEdwin Mandellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12594483686319134919noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-8593399397779131672013-08-23T16:40:23.390+01:002013-08-23T16:40:23.390+01:00This is a full on attack on the 'undeserving p...This is a full on attack on the 'undeserving poor' and any vulnerable member of society in the UK; which was on the cards when some mercenary GPs in England became businessmen by agreeing to move from NHS to the Private Sector Healthcare club; and instead of us being patients we are now commodities whether it be as benefit claimants or patients. These de-humanised beings need to urgently seek treatment for their addiction to greed; as they are as great a danger to society as most of Westminster is !! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-21569254812504784252013-08-23T14:57:01.715+01:002013-08-23T14:57:01.715+01:00I agree with Rick B that it's not in the DWP&#...I agree with Rick B that it's not in the DWP's interest to thoroughly seek out medical evidence.<br /><br />I stated on Twitter that the sick and disabled *must* not be used as pawns in a dispute between the government and its GPs because there are serious consequences for claimants, who stand to lose their benefits outright if they're unable to provide medical evidence.<br /><br />I may be forced to inform UN officials about this serious matter. Samuel Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02686449963558402772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-4848536685834622272013-08-23T14:23:18.109+01:002013-08-23T14:23:18.109+01:00Dead right Colin, if they reduce themselves to mer...Dead right Colin, if they reduce themselves to mere deliverers of contractual clauses then medicine is over as a profession that anyone respected. I get their arguments, but bottom line the time to protest was before the Welfare Reform Act where were the doctors then? We campaigned against NHS privatisation, some solidarity is needed and this LMC initiative is pure neoliberal I'm alright Jack-ism that is only being mooted because we have been sufficiently vilified and dehumanised by govt & media so as to allow this abuse to happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-82843766398738561632013-08-23T14:22:37.226+01:002013-08-23T14:22:37.226+01:00it amounts to same thing, trusting DWP to apply fo...it amounts to same thing, trusting DWP to apply for evidence on your behalf? Not going to happen. Only patients and their advocates have shown any willingness to resist the abusive system. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-38220001194937477882013-08-23T14:18:53.047+01:002013-08-23T14:18:53.047+01:00I think you've misread it... the article seems...I think you've misread it... the article seems to suggest it's only requests from patients and their representatives that will be refused, as the letter tells them to give the DWP and Tribunal Service permission to seek the evidence.<br /><br />Not that Tribunal Service does that, or is even supposed to.Sam Barnett-Cormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904395421765346531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738650988166925493.post-32259429035524192132013-08-23T14:14:47.565+01:002013-08-23T14:14:47.565+01:00Reading the comments after the Pulse article (main...Reading the comments after the Pulse article (mainly anonymous) apparently there is No-duty-of-care in this area as it is not within a GP's contract! Heaven forbid the doctor behaves in a moral & ethical manner! Hypothermia, starvation, anxiety, depression, suicide & death may follow. But it is not in their contracts! What humanity!<br /><br />Nevertheless: if this situation does come about, my suggestion would be to request a copy of one's complete medical records and submit that!Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.com