All about #LongCovid paid work/not being in paid work #Benefits including energy limiting conditions: Dr Clare Rayner, Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith and Pen Scribbler
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I mask .. I'm not living in denial or pretending it's a cold.
#YallMasking #WearAMask #MaskUp
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsIAirborne #StopLongCovid #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare #DoNoHarm
ALT I mask .. I'm not living in denial or pretending it's a cold.
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The Government's Find-a-job website currently has 110,505 jobs available across GB. Of those 12,361 are Disability confident jobs. Stephen Timms has regularly told disabled people they can work from home. Currently there are 36 remote jobs available that are disability confident. Of those only 9 are part-time. 20-25% of the working age population are disabled.
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Many thanks George Monbiot @guardian for such a bold & clear article & for being on the right side of history again. I hope your call for a public inquiry gains traction. As a carer for my 19yo who has very severe ME, I hope this happens in my lifetime.
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Cutting PIP would only increase pressure on other services, MPs warn minister
#PIP #DWP #TimmsReview
@CommonsWorkPen
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Morning folks! Starting regular teaching this week after a 4 year #LongCovid hiatus 😱
What do you recommend as a good anti-Covid protocol? Masks, CPC mouth wash after, what else should I be doing to reduce chances of getting Covid?
Thanks! 🙏
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#Pacing & #EnergyConservation approaches where needed to manage essential everyday daily activities of living can come with considerable extra financial costs for chronically ill and #DisabledPeople
So #Benefits eg #PIP can support these extra costs.
#DWP
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This sentence in NHS Scotland’s new IPC guidance is a damning illustration of the sheer incompetence & ignorance of those who wrote it:
“RPE should never be worn by an infectious person as the respirator filters incoming air & not the air being expelled by the wearer”
❌ WRONG!
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A cross-party committee of MPs has warned the government against using the Timms Review to cut disabled people’s access to personal independence payment, which it said would only increase pressure on other services.
#PIP #DWP #TimmsReview
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A disabled MP has revealed how he faced discrimination twice in less than 24 hours after arriving in Brighton for his party’s annual conference this week.
#LDConf #LibDems #Brighton
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New research : #LongCovid symptom profiles, workforce participation, and working hours among adults in England: a population-based cohort study - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe
@LC_Physio @SupportingHH_UK
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So what are you proposing for people who cannot work due to #LongCovid ? Many of us became ill at work and risks including reinfections from #Covid19 remain …
So why do most workplaces remain unsafe due to #AirborneViruses ?
#MECFS
#CleanAir
🚨NEW: 540,000 more on out-of-work benefits for each PM since 2019.
While our politicians play hot potato with the keys to No10, Britain’s problems grow ever larger.
Our leaders need to get a grip of the welfare budget and scandal of wasted potential👇
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Well we'd love to hear how a healthcare professional within Jobcentre Plus would be able to support a person with #LongCovid ...
Where do you think they would they signpost us too for support ? : Back to #GP ? A cardiology referral ? Social prescriber ? Or #CBT ? A gym?
We are expanding Support Conversations to 33 Jobcentres across Great Britain
Up to 40,000 disabled people and those with health conditions will be offered voluntary, one-to-one sessions to help identify and overcome barriers to employment
Find out more ow.ly/iIFq50ZhuEj
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Seems timely to remind all that :
“ paid work is not a cure for chronic illness “
Paid work is NOT possible for everyone and some people may only be able to work a few hours or less and not consistently…
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Exactly. Things are sounding so bizarre and so far from understanding what people actually need #Benefits for to survive …. #DWP chronically ill and #DisabledPeople
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Her stats are not correct but you are right in that there is little or no transparency in claims for Covid related illness #Benefits #DWP #LongCovid
Just a reminder that Helen and the Conservative Party is currently being investigated by the UK statistics watchdog for making misleading claims about welfare and social security spending. 🙂 disabilitynewsservice.com/uk…
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Happy three years to you both ... and huge thank you for all your continued posting advocacy here. Hoping you are having a break and celebration ...
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Why? Well, the photo you have selected speaks volumes. The two workers are NOT protected from airborne viruses with those surgical masks & risks of sickness absence remain. They need #FFP3/ 2 #CleanAir take a look at : @covidinquiryuk @_CatintheHat @1goodtern @SupportingHH_UK
Sickness absence levels in the NHS (5.15%) are almost three times higher than in the private sector (1.8%) – and more than half as much again as staff in the rest of the public sector (2.9%)
Why?
Because of the NHS’s extraordinarily generous sick leave policies.
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