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[mttb14]

Hi to you all,

John has been trying to claim DLA for a considerable time and we are in the process of appeal, I was reading through some websites in connection with claims, appeals etc and came across the following link which proves how you can be wrongly advised and treated and it made very interesting reading so I thought I would share it with you all.


http://www.benefitsa...al_warnings.htm

I was really shocked when I read some of the false warnings it says are issued wrongly.



Maria

Edited by mttb14, 14 June 2006 - 10:37 AM.

[Gary Anderson]

Yep! Always read the small print.

I heard of someone who stays beside my relatives in Scotland and they were invovled in the Stocklin Plastics blast in Maryhill in 2004. Anyway, the woman is now classed 80% disabled and had Critical Illness policy with Norwich Union. However, to date they are not paying out because they say that her disability is not enough to allow them to make payment. She is disabled but not critically ill. So, always read the small print.

I have to say that I had no problems getting my DLA but I ALWAYS read the small print.

Gary

[dom]

hi maria
yes i've read that site b4 its very good and exposes a lot of malpractices,i personally had a dwp doctor come to see me three yrs ago, he was very rude and abrupt,i was living with my parents at the time [both 80 ] and sleeping in the living room,he pushed past my dad when opening the door nearly bowling him over!!!
he quickly asked a barrage of questions with a quizzical disbelieving look,then left after 20 mins seemingly in a rush to the golf course,i tried to shake his hand but he ignored me and not examining me physically,i signed the form but did'nt check what he had written
after 3 months the dla people reduced my rates across the board and i took them to a tribunal and am glad to say they were re-instated

[mttb14]

Hi Dom & Gary,

When John was seen the Doctor basically kept saying well why don't you use crutches or sticks, we tried to explain that if the spasticity and tone is increased in his legs with the tendons tight behind the knees then it is the same in the elbows which would lead to him being extremely dangerous using crutches or sticks, he basically went away and wrote saying that John was not disabled enough. The problem was that we used basic english as we did not know the right words to use.

The appeal was heard whilst he was in hospital having an operation on his discs C5/6 and even though we notified them of this the appeal was heard in John's absence and he lost so we are applying for it to be re-heard with the backing of the Spinal Rehabilitation Doctor, so we have our fingers and toes crossed.

This doctor was rude and abrupt to us also, bedside manners left a lot to be desired. Also at the time we did not know the right terminology to use to describe symptoms like spasticity and increased tone etc.

We had to see a Barrister on Monday, and because the GP in John's old surgeries notes are not really detailed and do not mention all that was discussed the Barrister was saying how the Judge would have great trust in a GP, more so than us, and that Judges assume that Doctors notes are correct, even though we are saying that they are incomplete.

I wish I had thought quickly enough as I would have asked "So what exactly do you think Doctor Harold Shipman wrote in his patient's notes" "Just killed another" or "died of natural causes". I could kick myself for not thinking of it whilst with the Barrister and Solicitor as I would just like to have seen their faces and heard their responses.

Thus proving that GP's notes are not always conclusive, John had AD, but his notes says he had Tension headaches above both eyes for 5 days with high BP.

I'm sorry to sound so annoyed but my cage these days seems to get rattled on a regular basis.

Maria