March 28, 2018
Working with charity Disability Rights UK, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to hear feedback from disabled people, including those with long-term conditions such as M.E., about…
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March 21, 2018
Research is now being carried out by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) into the impact of welfare reform on disabled people’s lives – and they want to make sure people with M.E.…
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February 14, 2018
“No one should have any doubt the process needs urgent change.”Frank Field MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, has spoken out today about the consistent failings of…
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October 30, 2017
"It has been a distressing time for me. By the time I was at tribunal, I was given a five-year award due to the severe impact all of this has had on my health."This is the experience…
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October 20, 2017
How can we best design support services that reduce isolation, increase knowledge and awareness, and ensure equality of care for children with M.E. and their families?Designed and led…
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October 13, 2017
Our Head of Communications and Policy will be speaking on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme today about the challenges facing people with M.E. who apply for welfare benefits, specifically…
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October 04, 2017
“During my assessment my M.E. was hardly acknowledged or really talked about. The assessor was a nurse and I felt they had little knowledge of my condition or the difficulties it presents…
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September 14, 2017
“I was too unwell to appeal, knowing that the extra stress would cause further relapse.”That’s the experience of just one person with M.E. who inputted into the Disability Benefits…
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September 12, 2017
The impact of M.E. will be brought to the attention of senior social workers today when Action for M.E.’s report into families facing false accusations is shared with them at a conference…
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August 17, 2017
Less than half of UK NHS boards commission a specialist service for M.E., and Northern Ireland has no provision at all, leaving thousands of desperately ill people unable to access…
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July 25, 2017
A new report by Action for M.E. into specialist services has confirmed that vast numbers of people with M.E. do not have any specialist services in their local area.The report, titled…
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February 17, 2017
Action for M.E. has submitted its response to the Government’s consultation on work and disability, Improving lives: Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, representing the views…
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February 07, 2017
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has just opened its Big Benefits Survey, which asks disabled people to share their experience of the benefits system. People with M.E. are encouraged…
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January 23, 2017
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our Work, Health and Disability survey. The survey attracted a brilliant reaction, with more than 600 people responding…
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September 16, 2016
Action for M.E. has responded to the second independent review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment. We are hugely grateful to the more than 300 people with M.E. who…
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August 04, 2016
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a call for evidence on the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for its second independent review of the benefit.Action for M.E.…
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July 05, 2016
Action for M.E. volunteer Catherine Hale attended a roundtable discussion yesterday where she questioned Alistair Burt, Minister for Social Care. The Independent Living Strategy Group,…
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June 27, 2016
People with M.E. and other disabilities living in Scotland are being asked what policies and criteria they would like the new Independent Living Fund for Scotland to include when it…
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May 26, 2016
The Independent Living Strategy Group is asking people with M.E. to share their experiences of social care and support in order to present evidence to the Government.Baroness Jane Campbell,…
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May 24, 2016
Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson was presented with evidence last week, including the experiences of people with M.E., highlighting the impact of the 20 metre Personal…
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May 13, 2016
Action for M.E. Chief Executive Sonya Chowdhury will give evidence at Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, this morning.She has been invited to do so by the Social Affairs Policy…
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