Oct 10, 20123 min readSickness and suicide“84% of GPs say they have patients who have presented with mental health problems such as stress, anxiety or depression as a result of...
Oct 9, 20124 min readDisability’s Not WorkingThe government has plans to further sanction long-term sick or disabled people if they deem these people to not be working hard enough. ...
Oct 7, 20123 min readDavid Cameron: How we can make life better for disabled peopleThis is a speech made by David Cameron in 2009. “If you or someone you love suffers from a disability, life is going to be hard a lot of...
Sep 18, 20128 min readDoes the public really support welfare reform?Welfare Reform has Public on its Side So says one of today’s Telegraph headlines.[1] Against a back-drop of criticisms from the...
Sep 6, 20129 min readAtos and the ParalympicsA few days ago James Max wrote an article about Atos and the Paralympics. Many disabled people and their supporters have been upset by...
Aug 16, 20123 min readWhat does God teach us when we suffer?I’ve been talking a lot with my family recently about appropriate responses to suffering. One of the most common responses I’ve come...
Jul 31, 20125 min readPanorama and Dispatches report on the WCALast night Panorama (BBC2) and Dispatches (Channel 4) featured documentaries on the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), part of the process...
Apr 12, 20127 min readWelfare Reform BillAhead of the Autumn Budget, I thought it would be worth looking at what cuts to the Welfare Bill really mean. 1) The size of the cuts The...