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Care charges — how Sue Ferguson, Liverpool, won for disabled women

By winvisibleblog | 05 July 2017 | 0 Comments

YouTube interview with Sue Ferguson, Liverpool

Lawrence Bond’s inquest

By winvisibleblog | 28 June 2017 | 0 Comments

With friends of Lawrence Bond at his inquest on 16 June 2017. Being found fit for work was kept out of the inquest, which lasted only half an hour. Anne Marie O’Sullivan and her mother Eileen, also bereaved, Unite Community Camden, members of Camden Momentum and other concerned people attended with WinVisible. Read more: Disability … Read more

Benefit stress and my success

By winvisibleblog | 21 June 2017 | 5 Comments

“There is a huge problem with benefits causing crises in women with mental health problems. It all started with the new ESA forms and has now been compounded by the PIP fiasco with many women being driven into panic by being denied benefits and then having to face long processes of challenge leading to tribunals … Read more

PIP assessment from paper evidence, exemption from interview

By winvisibleblog | 21 June 2017 | 12 Comments

People are told that everyone has to have a face-to-face interview for PIP.  This is not true.  Official DWP guidance sets out exemption from the interview, where there is enough evidence on paper to establish your daily living needs and mobility needs, and/or where the face-to-face interview is likely to be stressful to you.  (The … Read more

Oppose Camden care charges increase

By winvisibleblog | 26 April 2017 | 1 Comment

http://camdennewjournal.com/article/its-shameful-that-a-labour-council-is-ready-to-make-vulnerable-people-pay-more-for-care-rather-than-pressure-the-government LETTERS   It’s shameful that a Labour council is ready to make vulnerable people pay more for care rather than pressure the government 23 March, 2017 • DISABLED women are contacting us, desperately worried about council bills for home care and support, and the daily help they need but can’t afford to pay for … Read more

Ken Loach’s speech at BAFTAS 2017

By winvisibleblog | 15 February 2017 | 0 Comments

At a film and TV awards ceremony, Ken Loach, director of “I, Daniel Blake” condemns government policies which make people destitute in his BAFTA speech.

Social care — our response to Commission on Care

By winvisibleblog | 15 February 2017 | 0 Comments

To: Eva Neitzert and Pam Cole, Women’s Budget Group Belinda Phipps, Fawcett Society Juanita Elias and Shirin Rai, Warwick University We were glad to attend the launch of the PSA Commission on Care report, Towards a New Deal For Care and Carers in November, and see the shift towards recommending national provision and free care, … Read more

Gill Thompson legal case for brother David Clapson

By winvisibleblog | 09 November 2016 | 0 Comments

PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE . . .  Gill Thompson’s legal case for her brother David, who was diabetic and died in 2013 after his Jobseekers Allowance was sanctioned, has just been launched. Gill’s legal team wrote to the Hertfordshire Coroner setting out why there should be an … Read more

Crisis of Care — testimony to Women’s Commission 2016

By winvisibleblog | 01 August 2016 | 0 Comments

Click on this link to read our full testimony to the Commission on Care: winvisible-submission-crisis-of-care-latest

Why we Support Junior Doctors, NHS Students and Staff

By winvisibleblog | 17 June 2016 | 0 Comments

Save Our NHS! As women with disabilities and patients we support junior doctors, NHS students and staff The government wants to impose a contract on junior doctors to work even longer hours, which they refused as they are already pushed to the limit. The latest contract on offer is worse than before, say Dr Manish … Read more