Major welfare reforms could see some losing their PIP payments
A minister for the Department for Work and Pensions has declined to set out which health conditions will be affected by the government's major welfare reforms.
He added that consultation will look at "whether people with specific health conditions and disabilities can be taken out of PIP assessments all together". He continued: "We are also consulting on whether we should make fundamental changes to the way we provide support to disabled people and people with a health condition.
"On the one hand he says ‘I am grateful for today’s more open approach to mental health’, and with the same breath he tells us ‘there is danger that this has gone too far’. He wants it both ways, he thinks that openness about mental health is good but then says the very thing that brings back the stigma.
She said: “I was extremely ill with it and I couldn’t work for several months so I know first-hand how debilitating it can be. But I also know that with treatment and support you can lead a fulfilling career and a normal life and it’s extremely rewarding.” Mr Stride previously suggested to the Times that people with "milder health conditions" would no longer receive financial support. He provided alternatives such as talking therapies, social care packages, and respite care.
“New Zealand, for example, does indeed make payments based on invoices submitted for equipment by those who are receiving the benefit; Norway, for example doesn’t have assessments in the way that we do, they rely more on medical evidence provided by medical practitioners.”
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