Parliamentary Question | are ME/CFS patients being denied their own choice of consultant? | 24 June 2014
The Countess of Mar rejoined the ME/CFS ‘awkward squad’ when she asked this corker of a question.
Welfare
ESA sickness benefit is ‘failing’, government documents say | BBC News | 20 June 2014
ESA sickness benefit is ‘failing’, government documents say | BBC News | 20 June 2014 Read More »
From the BBC News website, 20 June 2014. The key
Independent reviewer of Work Capability Assessment launches latest Call for Evidence | 10 June 2014
The independent reviewer, Dr Paul Litchfield, has launched his latest call for evidence.
‘50% Of GPs Charge For Sickness Benefit Appeal Evidence, Survey Shows’ | Welfare News Service | 14 May 2014
61% of them said they asked their patients to pay between £10 and £50. Others charged more.
Personal independence payments are ‘a punishment of the poor and ill’ | The Guardian | 11 April 2014
Piece by leading social affairs commentator Polly Toynbee in today”s ‘Guardian’
Disabled benefit delays unacceptable, say MPs | BBC News | 18 March 2014
Disabled benefit delays unacceptable, say MPs | BBC News | 18 March 2014 Read More »
From BBC News, 18 March 2014. MPs have said it
Minister for Disabled People answers the big APPG questions| 3 March 2014
Minister for Disabled People answers the big APPG questions| 3 March 2014 Read More »
The Minister for Disabled People, Mike Penning MP, today supplied
M.E. North East celebrate another big win from the Big Lottery Fund | 18 February 2014
M.E. North East celebrate another big win from the Big Lottery Fund | 18 February 2014 Read More »
ME North East are celebrating today – with the news
Atos may lose fit-for-work tests contract as ministers line up rival firms | The Guardian | 17 February 2014
From The Guardian, Society, 17 February 2014 (Story by Shiv
Ministers ‘ignored advice on inhumane fit-to-work tests’ | The Guardian | 16 December 2013
From The Guardian, 16 December 2013 (Story by Patrick Butler, social policy editor).
UK Government welcomes findings of Litchfield review of Work Capability Assessment | DWP press release | 12 December 2013
The ME Asssociation are preparing our response.
How Atos comes under pressure to declare disabled people as fit for work | The Guardian | 9 December 2013
From ‘Comment is Free’, The Guardian online, 9 December 2013 (Words by David Gillon).
Summaries of our AGM, EGM and Board of Trustees meetings + Ramsay Research Fund update | November 2013
As you can read, running a national charity – even a small one like The MEA – is a complex thing!
PM backs Iain Duncan Smith over universal credit ‘failures’ | 7 November 2013
PM backs Iain Duncan Smith over universal credit ‘failures’ | 7 November 2013 Read More »
Margaret Hodge MP: DWP “must “scrap its useless IT system and start again”.
Delay in roll-out of government’s Welfare Reform programme | BBC News | 26 October 2013
Delay in roll-out of government’s Welfare Reform programme | BBC News | 26 October 2013 Read More »
Work and pensions minister Mike Penning: process is “taking longer than expected”.
Over 150,000 complain against Atos ‘fit for work’ tests | Welfare News Service | 18 October 2013
Atos is the company that carries out the ‘fit for work’ tests required when people claim ESA
MEA Board of Trustees | summary of meeting held on 16 September 2013
MEA Board of Trustees | summary of meeting held on 16 September 2013 Read More »
The ME Association – improving support while searching for a cure
What can you claim in the way of benefits and tax credits? | 30 August 2013
What can you claim in the way of benefits and tax credits? | 30 August 2013 Read More »
The MEA’s revised 4-page leaflet on benefits and tax credits is now available from our office
‘Written off by Atos – I might as well die’ | Daily Mirror | 28 August 2013
‘Written off by Atos – I might as well die’ | Daily Mirror | 28 August 2013 Read More »
Astonishing response, a deluge of personal horror stories about the Work Capability Assessment
‘ME is still woefully misunderstood by our health and welfare systems’ | The Guardian | 8 August 2013
M.E. is misunderstood by UK health and welfare systems. The Guardian, Comment is Free.