PIP Coverage in the News

[releasethemagic]

Lots of news stories here detailing how awful the assessment process for PIP is. flipboard.com/@releasethema...

Good help with claims here too

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Tammy Horton caught kick boxing to that has fibromyalgia in news for fraud that's all we need when trying to prove our condition s are so bad.😞😒bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l...

[robpw in reply to Hidden]

That’s a bit unfair -painting her out to be fraudulent when drs force you into doing excercise .. I can barely walk some days but in a hydrotherapy I can move a lot easier .. and with conditions like fibromyalgia where flare ups can come and go etc ...

[Dizzytwo Moderator in reply to robpw]

I think it was a little more than a bit of exercise! She claimed she needed a wheel chair, she needed help to get dressed she was in pain etc. Then she enters kick boxing championships around the UK. 😲 Xx

[Dizzytwo Moderator]

I agree this kind of deception does not help the cause of anyone needing to claim help with disabilities

Prosecutor Lisa Hardy told the court: "This was a lady who expressed that she needed an extra banister fitted just to be able to get up and down stairs.

"She said she was limited to walking with crutches or using a wheelchair and that she was on morphine to control the pain."

I agree curly it doesn't paint a good picture for those who suffer from fibro. We already have too much bad press IMO. XX

[Hidden in reply to Dizzytwo]

Yeah dizzy,I've been feeling like garbage lately and have been fighting excuse the pun not intended tooth&nail to get a bus pass and benefits I'm entitled to cause I'm always forgetting to request my fares back I suffer that spasticity in left leg its been murder of late so on condition aggravate s another I got three hospital appointment s through today alone (no bus pass),cause have to prove invisible illness is hard even with carers and shower chairs,toilet chair,komode,chairlift,perching CH air ,its difficult you know still?,then I seen that,takes me a half hr just to sit up in my bed some days I was annoyed when I seen that.😉😐😯