Post by gordo on Nov 8, 2021 21:02:21 GMT
This a story from BBC News webpage.
Shocking indictment on DWP and tory Regime!
"Terminally-ill people dying before benefits paid"
This is one part from the above BBC News report..............
".............Christine McCluskey, from Dundee, Scotland, had a history of illnesses including Crohn's Disease, osteoporosis, and suffering a stroke in 2005.
She was told her PIP would be stopped and that DWP would try to recoup an overpayment of Employment Support Allowance after a physical assessment, which described her as having a "slim build" and being a "pleasant lady to assess".
She weighed around 5st 6lbs (34.4kg) at the time and was being fed by a drip, her daughter Michelle said.
Then she received a terminal lung cancer diagnosis in July 2018.
She submitted a form from her doctor to the DWP about her separate terminal diagnosis but a letter came back in September 2018, a month later, to say that information - the form - required her to start a fresh claim. She died the same day aged 61.........."
Shocking indictment on DWP and tory Regime!
"Terminally-ill people dying before benefits paid"
This is one part from the above BBC News report..............
".............Christine McCluskey, from Dundee, Scotland, had a history of illnesses including Crohn's Disease, osteoporosis, and suffering a stroke in 2005.
She was told her PIP would be stopped and that DWP would try to recoup an overpayment of Employment Support Allowance after a physical assessment, which described her as having a "slim build" and being a "pleasant lady to assess".
She weighed around 5st 6lbs (34.4kg) at the time and was being fed by a drip, her daughter Michelle said.
Then she received a terminal lung cancer diagnosis in July 2018.
She submitted a form from her doctor to the DWP about her separate terminal diagnosis but a letter came back in September 2018, a month later, to say that information - the form - required her to start a fresh claim. She died the same day aged 61.........."