Susanna Questions Mel Stride on Plans to Curb 'Sick Note Culture'

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Work and Pensions Secretary, Mel Stride, is vowing to put an end to Britain's 'sick note culture.' People who can work but refuse will be offered a personal job coach to help them return to the workplace.
Susanna questions Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride about how the new work and health support scheme will help those who can't physically work because of injury but can't have surgery because of the record length of waiting lists.
Broadcast on 07/05/24
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@darrylashton8428 12 күн бұрын

He's "optimistic" about bullying all disabled people. Fact.

@user-dz8kk6gr5s 12 күн бұрын

These vulnerable people need to be protected from this government they are seriously at risk from them

@alexanderthegreat6640 12 күн бұрын

It's not the vulnerable people they are targeting, it's the people abusing it. I know as I work with them and see this everyday the excuses they make to get sick notes is shameful and they are the ones who are making real vulnerable people look bad. Real vulnerable people won't be affected the fake and woke generation will, it's that simple.

@nimflower 12 күн бұрын

Suicide rates about to sky rocket

@bobbates797 12 күн бұрын

They’ll probably think that as a positive more accommodation availability

@lightweightben 12 күн бұрын

They always do under Conservative rule, it’s actually a known correlation. They consider it a good thing

@DevonPixie1991 10 күн бұрын

If I didn’t have a job I would be someone the tories would want dead. I have multiple disabilities but unable to get any adjustments at work. I am on thin ice at work as a result

@CEO786 9 күн бұрын

The Jobcentre staff are useless, having worked there for a number of years most of the staff are over worked and under valued. Management are only concerned about promotions and people are treated like trash and just numbers. Mel stride is another person who talks the large but delivers nothing. Jobcentres should all be closed down and the work coaches forced to get a proper job, see how they feel.

@user-pi8ic8tg6i 12 күн бұрын

Typical Tory bull!

@michaelathanasiou2030 9 күн бұрын

Labour supporters are so used to sitting on their behinds and fed like cuckoos, that working for a living is very hard for them

@annepoitrineau5650 12 күн бұрын

People are sick because they cannot access care. Has he not realised that 8 millions on waiting lists has consequences????

@tdtm82 12 күн бұрын

I can't get over how much of a car-crash this is.

@InverhavonRailways 6 күн бұрын

We should all "buckle down and be British", think of the Empire and all take out private healthcare insurance! And if you can't afford that you'll just have to WORK HARDER.....

@darrylashton8428 12 күн бұрын

He lives in cloud cuckoo land. He is insulting and offensive. Shame on him.

@EdWeeks999 5 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@LuzDoSol-yr5bv 12 күн бұрын

When the government will tackle tax billionaires, avoidance?

@anibrown5374 12 күн бұрын

Don't they already pay a lot, actually?

@LuzDoSol-yr5bv 12 күн бұрын

@anibrown5374 Not big corporations. They don't pay the right fair of taxes.

@JZ-21167-TD 12 күн бұрын

100000%

@therealrobertbirchall 12 күн бұрын

@@anibrown5374you pay less tax on unearned share dividend income than you do pay for doing an honest day's graft. Then there's VAT a regressive tax that hurts the poor but which the wealthy can easily afford.

@LuzDoSol-yr5bv 12 күн бұрын

@@therealrobertbirchall Thank you for that one. People are so disingenuous. It's unbelievable!

@ldn876 12 күн бұрын

Employers don't want people who are forced to work.

@Lucky-wt6fg 12 күн бұрын

They probably don’t want people who are not really well enough as well.

@martingolding4951 11 күн бұрын

Most places won't be adapted for disabled people cost money for modifications, so will the government fund it

@michaelathanasiou2030 9 күн бұрын

Labour supporters have to work, the government can't feed them for ever ( the time for Sunak to feed them like cuckoos has to stop)

@martingolding4951 8 күн бұрын

@@Lucky-wt6fg am one of them heart failure arthritis in both hips cant have hip replacement due the heart failure and hard of hearing

@keithpanton 6 күн бұрын

Nor do the army, but Tories LOVE the idea of national service, if they can send a million young people to die in a war, it's a huge welfare saving and it cuts unemployment!

@kmag7122 12 күн бұрын

had 14 years in power and look at your country its finished

@michaelathanasiou2030 9 күн бұрын

Sunak is ONLY been PM 2 years DHHHHHHHH and in that time we are the fastest growing economy in the world DHHHHHHHHHHH

@davidbell217 12 күн бұрын

Pure evil !!!

@melgrant7404 12 күн бұрын

The tories will also be out of a job soon.

@carolewynn9407 11 күн бұрын

Unfortunately I think Labour will keep with this, using the excuse of "we can't change it now" , an excuse we've from both sides in many occasions.

@kostyatszyu 11 күн бұрын

have you actually seen what keir starmer has to say on this issue? go and read his recent comments on forcing mentally sick people to get back "grafting", then tell yourself are one millimetre better than the tories are.

@pip1723 9 күн бұрын

Tories will be lucky to come out with 20 seats according to the latest poll's .

@melgrant7404 9 күн бұрын

@@pip1723 is that the you gov poll.

@tilerman 8 күн бұрын

Probably, but the DWP will remain the same DWP.

@totty1962 12 күн бұрын

So they now know more than doctors.

@sidneydavy1079 12 күн бұрын

They are very wicked, I've been waiting on a knee replacement for the past 2 years, I've got asteo heartritis in both knees, I'm facing horrible horrible pain every day. Because of my long-term illness I've lost my job, then I was made homeless, I'm still homeless now, it affects me mentally and physically. This all down to this government. If they didn't mess up the NHS I would be able to get an appointment, and get myself sauted out. I will never forgive this Conservative government. They are heart less and wicked.

@zinghao131 12 күн бұрын

Your words are heart breaking. I wish you all the best and that things get better for you soon, at the latest when those horrible people are finally packing up, clearing Downing Street and all government ministries for a new and hopefully better government. It honestly can't get much worse.

@user-zb2ro1hl8s 4 күн бұрын

If you had arrived on a boat across the channel you would have been at the front of the queue.

@minzy421 12 күн бұрын

Mel stride should be forced to live in poverty like the rest of us. Lets see how long he can cope

@carmemdovirgens2291 12 күн бұрын

Agree with you entirely

@user-dz8kk6gr5s 12 күн бұрын

None of them done a hard day's physical graft in there lives

@jobbyomoron8478 12 күн бұрын

Why?

@scarlettbessant4073 11 күн бұрын

I agree

@michaelathanasiou2030 9 күн бұрын

People forget that Labour bankrupt the nation every time they govern ( this is FACT) is exactly why we are in the s--t now

@raellawrence7116 12 күн бұрын

I'd prefer my taxes went towards supporting people's mental health rather than lining the pockets of these Tory grifters.

@Wishing_you_peace 9 күн бұрын

I trust Drs not MPs to make decisions about sickness.

@catherinegoldie6724 12 күн бұрын

This man should be sent to Rwanda.

@sandranixon4808 10 күн бұрын

I don't think so Rwanda to nice for him

@lindadonaghy2353 10 күн бұрын

Prison more like.

@keithpanton 6 күн бұрын

@@lindadonaghy2353 In Rwanda, as its such a safe country.

@kmag7122 12 күн бұрын

picking on the sick and disabled disgusting behaviour no money for them but millions and millions of pounds from war killing people is big busines

@karlhenfrey3281 12 күн бұрын

Wow , that’s cold hearted. Move a desk downstairs. That’s absolutely disgusting

@KarlBraveman 12 күн бұрын

Its a total lie that there is a sick note culture.

@user-hh8tf4tb9q 12 күн бұрын

So take it away from the professional, your GP? This government are the present day Robin Hood, but instead of taking from the rich, to give to the poor, they take from the poor, to give to the rich.

@555555345 12 күн бұрын

He should live on Universal credit and he knows nothing about real work

@Ukipmiddleleft 12 күн бұрын

You don't live on Uc you just exist only just

@jaynekittycat9252 12 күн бұрын

All there trying to do is cut costs. They don't care about human beings being genuinely ill. A Doctor is a professional on health issues, not the DWP.

@iguiste23 12 күн бұрын

And people vote for this clown show of a circus?. These politicians and so called experts are delusional.

@damianleah6744 12 күн бұрын

Deplorable

@danny117fc 12 күн бұрын

he should be in jail

@TheBuckspygmy 12 күн бұрын

There is no sick not culture because sick notes no longer exist. There are fit notes but a GP cannot sign anyone onto long term benefit

@user-dz8kk6gr5s 12 күн бұрын

More people were on the sick in the 90s.

@user-dz8kk6gr5s 12 күн бұрын

Are they also not allowed access to medication ...this is probably highly illegal as well. Not to long ago a psychiatrist created a om line petition to have Duncan Smith's knight hood removed stating the dead are everywhere because of his policy's and universal credit a benefit created to take away not to give ..just as pip replaced disability allowance so they could remove people life time awards away from them. People are dying as a result of there cruelty look up disability news the organisation who have all the information and the cases of people dying after there doctors and specialists said they are not able to work so they declared them fit for work and then went on to die ..it's all there on line ..the evil of these people has no end

@TheBuckspygmy 11 күн бұрын

@@user-dz8kk6gr5s Would you care to post referenced evidence for that please with much clearer definition of "on the sick."

@macsmiffy2197 11 күн бұрын

@@user-dz8kk6gr5sAccording to Statista 2024, 1,900 long term sick in 1993, 2,700 in 2023.

@alexsandrosilva3838 12 күн бұрын

I'm waiting for surgery, and I can't work, they call me every two weeks to see if my circumstances have changed, it's a lot of pressure.

@iguiste23 12 күн бұрын

You'd like to think that people in supposed positions of power and welfare would have some level of human intelligence to know that obviously your situation hasn't magically changed. Like with my mental health, people assume if I look and feel better it must have gone. No it could and will eventually come back that's how it works it's life long. The ignorance and stupidity surrounding disabilities is staggering.

@annepoitrineau5650 12 күн бұрын

@@iguiste23 It is the law, they have to call.

@therealrobertbirchall 12 күн бұрын

@@annepoitrineau5650law made by man.

@twistedcherrypop 12 күн бұрын

When I needed hand surgury I was off for 2 months. I was lucky I got the surgury quickly (this was 2016). In the time I was out of work I kept being made to go to disability assessment as I had tyo temporarily claim benifits. I was an agency nurse at the time so physically couldnt do my job. I kept being told by them, cant you work and just use your other hand…. It was mental. They refused me pip and I could only get esa which you cant easily live on at all. Luckily I had a job lined up after the surgury that enabled me to work without harming my hand as it healed ( I assessed patients by video). I really feel for thoses who are too unwell or disabled to work. We should be giving them more financial support not trying to stress and ruin their lives furthur.

@carmemdovirgens2291 12 күн бұрын

I am sorry to hear that.

@marcwaters2600 11 күн бұрын

i wouldn't worry to much about mel stride his government will be out of power soon

@ayoadebowale3291 12 күн бұрын

When is the election again?

@kostyatszyu 11 күн бұрын

go read what keir starmer recently said about getting people with mental illness back "grafting" to "turbo charge the economy, that way you cant lie to yourself about labour being any better than the tories.

@raellawrence7116 12 күн бұрын

From personal experience, as someone to had a mental breakdown caused by problems at work and found a GP sanctioned break to be a life saver, I can say that meaures will absolutely cause untold suffering and even suicides.

@carolewynn9407 11 күн бұрын

Why does he assume everyone works in an office ? What if she was a bus driver, a carer etc. I worked in an electronic factory, soldering circuit boards, when my hands were ruined with arthritis, what suggestions would he have made for adaptations ? Considering I worked for a company that only paid SSP, no chance.

@JZ-21167-TD 12 күн бұрын

Roll on the election 🙌

@Conner.YorkshireRichmond 10 күн бұрын

It dosent matter who gets elected,politicians will do what they want ,none of them are taking masa immigration seriously anyway

@shauncraigparkinson8165 12 күн бұрын

Get these horrible lot out of power NOW!

@jaroslawszmit 12 күн бұрын

Wow the first time In this program a government politician was challenged when he told lie about statistic

@chrysalis4126 12 күн бұрын

Falling into a spiral of sickness...is he seeing the link to the spiral of NHS waiting lists under the tories?

@blackbearish 6 күн бұрын

no, they don't see the link, they choose to never see the link between rising sickness claims and the waitinglists. to aknowledge that link would mean admitting they'd failed the country.

@lewisbull891 12 күн бұрын

He has no idea what it's like to suffer with mental health issues, We're not just struggling with the everyday struggles of life, They speak of things they know nothing about. What is their statement based on? It's not based on conversations with those who genuinely sufferer with their mental health; Having mental health issues isn't just feeling anxious, worried, stressed or feeling sad, down or unhappy, it's feeling so overwhelmed by the present that it consumes you and life grinds to a practical stand still and we are unable to function not just in our jobs but in our lives, hence we then need to go to the government for financial support.

@TT-fn1xb 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for explaining it so eloquently.

@lewisbull891 11 күн бұрын

@@TT-fn1xb Thank you! I appreciate it!

@svenkamog2232 12 күн бұрын

What happens is after a 3 month probation period the companies see you're unwell and not up to the task so they let you go. You then end up with a 6 week wait for UC or what not and can't pay your rent or buy any food... Oh but you can get an emergency advance payment if needed , which you can pay back £30 a month and comes directly out of every payment you receive for the next 2 years 😳 Woe betide you if you find another job and the same thing happens, as there will be no EMERGENCY loan to bail you out and you'll be on the streets... All because you're not well enough for work, but they don't seem to care.

@beepthemeep 12 күн бұрын

Thanks to Susanna for tackling this issue. I have worked for thirty years and now have chronic fatigue, ME type symptoms, due to a vaccine injury. Do the government think I want to live on 70 pounds per week sick benefit and never return to work due to laziness? I’ve been offered no treatment and now they’ve taken this benefit away from me after an assessment that didn’t take fatigue into account. I’m in touch with thousands online in my same situation, we are damaged by the vaccine or covid and are just trying to get through this. Please please please do a viewer poll on how many people are living with vaccine injuries or long term covid effects, it’s significantly higher than they are reporting in the media, and I think this is the real reason we have so many people claiming sick benefits.

@brianferguson7840 12 күн бұрын

My wife is waiting for heart surgery and can't walk without fainting. She is due for a benefits assessment in two weeks. To see what work she is capable of.

@darrylsimpson4744 12 күн бұрын

Good luck

@ldn876 12 күн бұрын

Sickening 😡

@davidmchale5890 12 күн бұрын

Oh he makes it so easy to despise the Tories

@michaelc318 12 күн бұрын

If someone is genuinely sick then get them to the right consultants and cut the waiting list time down if someone is sick and forced to work and they have a accident then the government is open for a law suit. The nhs waiting time is far to long to see a consultant. The government need to address this first.

@sherimillman53 12 күн бұрын

Employers won't employ people who can't do the job properly, plus alot can't pass the interview no matter how much they practice

@trainerlad1 12 күн бұрын

They will not be around to implement it.

@Ukipmiddleleft 12 күн бұрын

Haha exactly

@joshieboi8ktv 12 күн бұрын

Yep my thoughts exactly ❤❤❤

@Rick-xp5sy 12 күн бұрын

The tories still haven’t learnt, people are suffering, tories will be on benefits soon enough

@syriacchristianity9007 12 күн бұрын

Great!

@555555345 12 күн бұрын

Well said Suzanne

@BLUESKY-zt1nv 12 күн бұрын

Almost every answer he comes out with starts with "So"

@me-un7vq 12 күн бұрын

I wonder why there is a rise is mrntal health conditions amongst other illnesses? Could it be anything to do with 14 years of tory cruel? I think we all know the answer to that.

@johngalvin3124 12 күн бұрын

It's an epidemic, they're sick of the Government!

@norfolkroad 11 күн бұрын

Only way this would work is by voting Tories out and sort out NHS waiting list.

@shruttikhaz5486 12 күн бұрын

Well spoken Susan. You should have asked him, has he done a survey to check how many companies or organisations would employ mental health suffering people?

@autisticautumn7379 12 күн бұрын

Work caused my mental health problems or at least made them much worse.

@matthewwallis419 12 күн бұрын

The biggest questions that need to be asked are these people doctors nurses etc how are they going to say your fit for work

@roychivers8134 12 күн бұрын

JUST AS A GENERAL ELECTION IS ON THE HORIZON

@manish9333 12 күн бұрын

Tory is losing drastically, no doubt about this.

@annepoitrineau5650 12 күн бұрын

Susanna and Ed: good team. She also looks much happier and we can see what a good journalist she is.

@markh1759 12 күн бұрын

Good team ? you are dreaming they just show fake concern for the people...... They couldn't care a less !

@lindadonaghy2353 10 күн бұрын

I'm afraid your delusional.

@annepoitrineau5650 6 күн бұрын

@@lindadonaghy2353 Maybe, but the questions were good and the tory was unhappy...roasted.

@annepoitrineau5650 6 күн бұрын

@@markh1759 There are, in my opinions, three kinds of journalists: 1)militants like Michael Owen that I am a fan of. He tries to do his research and he is thorough and honest, but his stance is clear. 2)Mouth pieces like Laura Kuenssberg who pretend to be hoest and do research impartially, but are manipulative and hypocritical in that they will treat their darlings with kidsgloves and be a beast to others if she can. 3) People like Ed Ball and Susanna Reid: what they think is irrelevant, they will ask the right questions, whether they are interviewing tories or labour. Victoria Derbyshire is the perfect example of type 3. She is surgical. I do not at all like the second type on my list. The other 2 are fine. Therefore, I think ed Ball and Susanna Reid were doing a good job :) You are free to disagree.

@abbieroseholden4174 11 күн бұрын

It's disgusting people who genuinely sick should not have to suffer

@carlishiggins 12 күн бұрын

holding the country hostage against their will by Not calling for ellection, its kidnap, hostage situation

@BeepBoop2221 12 күн бұрын

My cousin is autistic and has a chronic anxiety disorder since he left school in 2008, for which he claims PIP. When he is able to work hes ok, but if he has a panic attack more than one employer has dismissed him for "poor performance" despite him doing the job well. After months of interviews that almost killed him he found another job. Because of covid they allowed him to work from home and he was doing well, but after covid they removed that provision, and he started having panic attacks again. Where does Mr Stride think these employers are going to come from?

@RIPPUR7777. 12 күн бұрын

In other words they want you to work no matter what so you pay taxes.. absolute disgrace

@gabrielahatter1987 12 күн бұрын

You can’t comment ??? 😂 He doesn’t have a clue what it’s like to live in pain

@Dani20240 10 күн бұрын

Rishi sunak MUST resign now.

@TheHandsomeman 10 күн бұрын

Universal credit, the snyde way cameron, got control of the Benefit system.

@peacelilly75 12 күн бұрын

So out of touch also those jabs you threatened everyone with a few years ago probably haven't helped

@Dani20240 10 күн бұрын

We want a general election now.

@annepoitrineau5650 12 күн бұрын

I had a hip replacement (waiting 6 months: which means it was getting worse, which caused me a lot of anguish). I could see the point coming when work would be impossible. And frankly, while I am all for the bosses doing more, I don't see why the bosses should make crazy adjustments to compensate for NHS waiting lists.

@yvettesaunders6427 12 күн бұрын

My neice, who suffers from fits, rang her employer because she wasn't feeling well, he told her she had to come in, as soon as she got there she had a fit.

@margo.3466 12 күн бұрын

What happened next?

@yvettesaunders6427 12 күн бұрын

@@margo.3466 she has to go back to one year free of fits before she can drive. Her mother is seeking legal advice

@lindadonaghy2353 10 күн бұрын

To be continued next week I presume.

@caplockon9481 9 күн бұрын

We need to tackle government corruption which in the last 2-3 years has cost the tax payer 10's of Billions of pounds for nothing, no outcomes or out put no investment nothing, why are we not tackling this instead of hounding disabled people

@claudiafigueiredo4979 12 күн бұрын

Where are they getting this ppl from 😂😂😂

@syriacchristianity9007 12 күн бұрын

lol they really are scraping the barrel

@RPKGameVids 12 күн бұрын

So this is going to be happening as early as October? Wont the general election have happened by then with Labour very likely being in power?

@BLUESKY-zt1nv 12 күн бұрын

Blame everything on Covid

@gavinsmith9564 12 күн бұрын

Brexit has cost £140 Billion so far, imagine if we'd spent that on the country instead of far right fantasies...

@jmw-qt2ih 11 күн бұрын

What was the £140 Billion actually spent on?

@davewright9313 9 күн бұрын

@@jmw-qt2ihit's worked out what we've lost as a country

@jmw-qt2ih 9 күн бұрын

@@davewright9313 Worked out by who? Be honest unless you can prove it this may be correct but it could just as easily be incorrect . The Remain party said there would be food shortages, a collapse in house prices and a huge surge in unemployment with some of them even claiming this has all happened

@jmw-qt2ih 9 күн бұрын

@@davewright9313 So it is someone's estimate rather than any hard fact and no doubt there will be some who disagree with it although I am not sure what Brexit has to do with the topic of this post

@davewright9313 9 күн бұрын

@@jmw-qt2ih I can give you plenty of links but I'm not allowed to post them here

@stephenpilling79 12 күн бұрын

Get them out

@mohamedbouhsina9981 10 күн бұрын

Tories out you are not getting my vote I'm disabled ex British army soldier you are ...

@tommulberry3609 12 күн бұрын

Absolutely well said Susanna Reid ♥️👏👏👏👏

@sherimillman53 12 күн бұрын

Work coach are no good they have a tick box and don't really help people and they only ring once in a year!

@hughspalding6932 12 күн бұрын

It's ok he will be going soon with the rest of them they fixed nothing in 14 years including this .Get the money defrauded by bogus bogus claims etc.or is it possible they personally know who it is it is strange they do nothing to recoup this money ( WHY )

@kostyatszyu 11 күн бұрын

have you actually seen what keir starmer has to say on this issue? go and read his recent comments on forcing mentally sick people to get back "grafting". labour are exactly as bad as the tories.

@seanhaywood4597 10 күн бұрын

he talks about the £300 cost of living payments given to people on benifits, i recived this payment, i spent £290 of this payment at the dentist having a tooth removed as not one dentist in mansfield are accepting nhs paitants, it makes no sence to give someone a cost of living payment and then threaten to remove their benifts, ELECTION NOW

@janwilson4500 12 күн бұрын

Come on live in the real world mate

@vishmaster09 12 күн бұрын

So instead of giving more funding to the NHS to reduce the waiting lists where people need care to treat their illnesses in order to work. The Tories solution is to just work in the first place? I guess if anyone has a job as a teacher or builder and they need a knee replacement surgery they should just "work it off"?

@nowsheenanwar291 12 күн бұрын

THANK YOU SUZANNA - waiting for a year and a half for hip replacement surgery and you are telling the person dealing with pain to adapt

@londonspade5896 12 күн бұрын

He speaks like a satire of how politicians speak lol

@sol2746 11 күн бұрын

The nasty party.

@michaelc318 12 күн бұрын

It's no wonder people are sick yes sick of conservative and labour policies it's no wonder we are sick and suffer mental health.grow up Mr MP

@darrennandrewfitness2836 12 күн бұрын

Labour hasn't been in power for 14yrs doe so how is their policy affect anyone. The Tories are still in power no

@jaynekittycat9252 12 күн бұрын

Your right there Michael.

@kostyatszyu 11 күн бұрын

@@darrennandrewfitness2836 have you actually seen what keir starmer has to say on this issue? go and read his recent comments on forcing mentally sick people to get back "grafting", then tell yourself labour are one millimetre better than the tories are.

@darrennandrewfitness2836 11 күн бұрын

@kostyatszyu in the words of Jermell Charlo "kostya zoo or tim two" where in my reply did I say labour was better. Show me I am pointing to the fact Labour hasn't been in power for 14yrs and the Tories and currently in power. Blame who is power and not who isn't

@margo.3466 12 күн бұрын

Rich ppl are out of touch with the basics of life!

@Blackjax137 12 күн бұрын

It's now 4-6 weeks JUST for a GP appointment. That's before accounting for further months for subsequent referals to a consultant and then waiting lists for surgery if applicable ffs. For many who may genuinely be too physically and mentally sick to work... Putting in a request for a sick note is all that they have. All that they can immediately do, and all that the NHS can immediately do for them beyond a trip to A&E (and for immediate mental health service referal you have to be an imminent suicide risk). Call a GE. We're done.

@j-h-123 9 күн бұрын

Well said, Susanne. Not to mention, a job coach is not equivalent to a GP. They are not medical professionals!

@terasci5102 12 күн бұрын

This makes me sick

@davidatkinson5542 12 күн бұрын

I’m a carer my back is broke had my scan will see a consultant in 90 weeks

@syriacchristianity9007 12 күн бұрын

90 weeks? What?

@shanecarless4671 8 күн бұрын

They(DWP) stopped my sick notes (2019) after me claiming ESA failed. Stating I was fit for work After winning my appeal to prove the DWP are not fit for purpose. This has been on the cards for years, Government want to penny pinch off the working class. Austerity still going strong.

@richardchapman842 9 күн бұрын

well said Susanna

@user-sd2xk1if5q 8 күн бұрын

The incentive to back to work, Better wages ,and better care of our children, they are our future.

@FrankieTalki 12 күн бұрын

I don't understand, my step sister has worked for 40 years had a blip of depression was given a sick note for 2 week, she felt a lot better after the rest and shes back at working, shes 51 and worked since 14, its NEEDED for people. More people will die from this.

@mattl1762 9 күн бұрын

That's why the NHS waiting lists are long. If you operate on people, they have to claim the PIP benefit. So, to pay for them we'll take whatever PIP benefits they are getting while they wait for the operation.

@TheNonamedgirl 12 күн бұрын

I have 3 broken discs PTSD from loss of my 15yr old child , fibromyalgia & s Sciatica and permanent nerve damage on right side so can’t feel right foot yet don’t get any sick money!! They give it to all the wrong ones

@KellyStevens-kv8gx 12 күн бұрын

Fibro was declared a disability by the government..but try and get pip to recognise that is useless. I hope you get the help you need. I've had fibro since 97.

@darrylsimpson4744 12 күн бұрын

Why don’t you get any monetary help? Who are the “wrong ones”?

@petertownley7296 10 күн бұрын

m8 theirs people on with cancer & diaylsis on my job that work & others woth muscalr dysrotphy myself have aps rheumatiod & lupus nephrits i work fulltime their are some shrekkers & my parents died at 18 aunt all hit hgv & pregant women lived but i agree support on waiting lists is pathetic i am going into the nhs as student nurse sept i work 4 jobs have had bloodclots & divorce must admit all cases are different

@user-js3rg9sj1k 12 күн бұрын

WHAT JOB S....? YOU LOT CLOSED THE COAL MINE S...RUINED MA UFACTORING.

@gameofender4463 12 күн бұрын

Huh, I don’t know 🤔, maybe for some people they’re tired of working every hour for barely enough to live on. Maybe if they’re paid more with the minimum wage increased then tied to inflation, maybe that might work better🤔. I mean, if the minimum wage was, I don’t know, £15 an hour (maintained by taxing the rich more and taxing the profits of larger corporations more), maybe more people might enjoy working more. As they’d be happier not having to work every hour.

@carolewynn9407 11 күн бұрын

Increasing minimum wage is not the answer, raising the tax threshold would be better.

@acey7861 12 күн бұрын

conservatives are toast at the next election.

@kostyatszyu 11 күн бұрын

so? keir starmer has been saying exactly the same things about mentally ill people as the tories have. go and read his recent comments about getting mentally ill people back "grafting" to "turbo charge the economy".

@nadyyyyyk 12 күн бұрын

Invest in education and social services.. nobody lives their best life “scrounging” on the dole , or struggling with health conditions .. I have been out of work and registered sick for about 4 years… I recently started full time work and am fully independent.. I’m so happy.. it doesn’t compare. You know what got me there… a social worker and psychotherapy…

@amancalledoss38 8 күн бұрын

I got a chemical burn on my leg at work, my boss told me to go to hospital so off I went to A&E I got in there and was told theres a 3-4 hour wait to see TRIAGE, not a doctor but a 3-4 hour wait to see someone who will sort out how much longer Ill have to wait... I went home , but was charged £3.50 for the 20 minutes of parking