Tag: DWP

The latest meeting including an excellent discussion with Sean O’Niell about ways in which ME might feature more often in the media.

Dr Charles Shepherd, Hon. Medical Adviser, ME AssociationAPPG on M.E. Secretariat APPG on ME:Meeting about DWP benefits and other financial issues on Wednesday 7th October Please invite your MP to attend! The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME, where work will continue on the APPG Report into key issues affecting people […]

Severely disabled woman told moving from mobility chair to sofa suggested she could walk 200 metres unaided.

The MEA’s Welfare Rights Adviser provides her top-tips for people with M.E. when applying or renewing ESA and PIP.

“Many only succeed in obtaining the benefits they should be entitled to after going through a long and stressful appeal process.” Dr Charles Shepherd.

This new 35-page guide is intended for those making both new claims for ESA or for Universal Credit based on health grounds.

This is a report following the recent meeting with Justin Tomlinson. Thank you to everyone who responded to our request for information.

These are the minutes from the Forward ME meeting held in May 2019.