Mother of man who was denied PIP became so stressed she smashed her car into a tree
[Image: Black Triangle Campaign].
Deb McDonald tweeted that she had attended a meeting with representatives of the Citizens Advice Bureau in an attempt to get help, and her head was reeling so much afterwards that she collided with a tree.
She ended up waiting more than three hours to be rescued:
My head was reeling after my CAB appointment today with all the horrendous implications of the DWP's decision to deny daily living PIP to my son following his transfer from a lifetime DLA award. I smashed my car into a tree. Been sat here for almost 3 hrs now waiting for rescue
— Deb McPleb 🍊🍊🍊 (@surfingqueen) October 23, 2018
Still waiting for the breakdown vehicle after 3 hours
— Deb McPleb 🍊🍊🍊 (@surfingqueen) October 23, 2018
She said she had her own health conditions to deal with, besides those of her son, and that she was glad he had not witnessed her “panic attack”.
Thanks Mohammed. Luckily my son didn't witness my panic attack x I'm doing my best in very trying circumstances. Unfortunately I have to deal with my own health conditions as well. Thank you for your support 🌹
— Deb McPleb 🍊🍊🍊 (@surfingqueen) October 24, 2018
Ms MacDonald made no other details of her experience public, but her story makes it clear that the Conservative government’s punitive policy on benefits is causing harm – not only to claimants, but to their family and property.
In other benefits news:
In other news tonight, very elderly people are dying in pain in care homes because staff not getting the right training in expensive nursing homes.
We really need system change quickly and #ToriesOut asap.— Dylan George (@DylanStrain) October 23, 2018
A disabled woman in Wales has expressed her anger after she became one of more than 100 people to have care packages cut following funding changes.
Cecilia Kenny, from Wrexham, has seen her support cut from 68 hours a week to 41, which she says makes her feel "not appreciated".— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) October 24, 2018
Mum blames miscarriage on Tory benefit cuts after stress 'killed her baby' – Mirror Online https://t.co/6Z6Un8VBMU
— Samuel Miller (@Hephaestus7) October 24, 2018
The following tweet sums up the feeling across the country well, I imagine:
I used to think all the complaints about universal credit etc must have been over exaggerated but my Christ I have never seen such incompetence in all my life. Should have believed the @Rachael_Swindon Tweets to start 😰
— Jade Mills (@jadeashtonmills) October 23, 2018
Yes, indeed. You can see for yourself what Jade Ashton Mills means by following Rachael Swindon yourself – and offering financial support if you think she does a good job showing up the Tory government for what it is.
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sadly this is the sort of thing dwp love, they do not realise how awful they are, I assist in cases and sometimes am so stressed myself knowing that I am looking at a case of incompetent negligence carried out by so called trained experts that I have to leave the case for a while, it boils down to no accountability for there actions, if this was in nhs most of them so called professionals would have been subject to disciplinary procedure, fitness to practice hearing and struck of, what does the dwp and capita/atos do, they investigate then say we learn from the mistakes and then do it again, high time they were subject to proper due process within law, this also applies to ministers and parties that support these actions, parliamentary privilege should be taken away and if there is wrong doing then ministers and advisors including civil servants should face criminal law and if that means a trial and ;locking them up then sling on the cuffs and throw away the key
I can relate to this. Apologies for inappropriate comment. Intense stress
I sympathize with this poor lady.. I really do.. I just got the dreaded brown envelope telling me that my dla will be ending & I have to apply for pip after 20 years as supposed to be dla for life.. also Ive had to fill in another form for esa
which was so complicated my daughter had to help me.. ie picking up a box etc.. I recon they’re going to try to get as many people to apply as soon as possible before labour get into power.. every time I see May on tv on pmq smirking I think to myself F*****g Jesus how can she just act normal when 120 thousand poor souls & rough sleepers have died… she’s a bloody evil cow & that goes for a lot of her cronies MPs… serving the public my ass…. sorry but I’m p****d with them