Archive for January 2014
M.E. & The Oscars
DWP blames cancer patient for her illness
I keep thinking nothing can shock me with regards to theis Coalition Government and then the DWP go right ahead and blindside me…take a look at this
(not satire – it’s the UK today!)
This letter from the Department for Work and Pensions was posted by Chris Nelson on Facebook (click to enlarge):
According to this letter, the DWP is clearly placing the ‘blame’ for having cancer on the patient herself.
Has the demonisation of welfare claimants in the UK got to the point where we’re blaming cancer patients for their own illnesses now?
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Related articles by Tom Pride:
Mother’s plea for son who lost benefits after missing signing on because of cancer operationp
The government has finally done something so outrageous even I can’t be bothered to satirise it
Throat cancer victim – “this is not the England they fought and died for!”
Let’s be clear – Tory and Lib Dem MPs have decided terminally ill patients should work or starve
Don’t turn your back. Because you’re going to be disabled too one day.
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Exercise and ME/CFS
Message from Natalie Boulton. PLEASE REPOST FAR AND WIDE!
“I would like to let people know about an evening event in Bristol “Exercise and ME/CFS – the evidence” on Feb 5th which I am organising with the Bristol North Fibro & ME/CFS Support Group. Since many charities only wish to publicise their own events it is proving rather difficult to let relevant people know about this event. However,since people from far, far away have made bookings, I realise that many people do very much appreciate the opportunity this event provides, if they know about it.
There is more information and a programme on the film website here -http://voicesfromtheshadowsfilm.co.uk/2013/bristol-event-feb-5th/
Tickets – £10 – are available on the shop page – http://voicesfromtheshadowsfilm.co.uk/shop-dvds/
A flyer is attached below
The evening will include a short 30 min version of the film – the young ME patients’ stories – backed up by a presentation by Prof Mark VanNess about the research from the Workwell Foundation with Staci Stevens and Chris Snell, previously at the Pacific Fatigue Lab California. This work is very significant in that it objectively demonstrates the reality of the cardinal symptom of ME – post exertional malaise, or the post exertional exacerbation of symptoms which can prove so damaging to patients. Their work counters assertions made by proponents of graded exercise and the PACE Trial that the fatigue and disability of CFS and ME is merely caused by deconditioning and that GET and CBT are the most effective treatment options for patients.
Dr Nigel Speight who speaks in the film will also explain some of the problems encountered by families and medical professionals when trying to help young patients.”