Work is not a health outcome
A couple of days ago I saw this tweet on Twitter: “Work as a health outcome is a fundamental principle for us. There must be a shared...
A couple of days ago I saw this tweet on Twitter: “Work as a health outcome is a fundamental principle for us. There must be a shared...
The role of friends in disabled people’s social isolation When Cain asked God if he, Cain, was his brother’s keeper, he meant it...
A while ago I wrote about rest. I wasn’t sure how it could be fitted in with the necessarily busy lives that many, particularly those...
One of the DWP’s major concerns is that people assessed as unfit for work then wrongly believe that they are unfit for work, because that...
Another quarter-year, another labour market release. Cue the DWP praising itself for record numbers of people in work, and record rates...
I got a brown envelope today, except it was white. The ‘Personal Independence Payment’ just showing in the address window gave the game...
I haven’t got much done today. My computer decided it was time for some massive updates, which took somewhere around two hours to...
This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...
This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...
This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain; Pain...
This post is in response to an article shared with me by a good friend. The other posts in this series are The Experience of Pain;...
A good friend recently asked my opinion on an article on a Christian response to pain. This and the next four blog posts have come from...
Recently I had a conversation with a church leader. We had a good conversation ranging over several topics, some at a bit of a tangent....
We might be responsible for getting ourselves into a mess, but does that make us ‘responsible’ for getting ourselves out of it? I use...
What does it mean for Jesus to give us rest? It is easy to spiritualise his words – that what he means is that we can carry on in our...
I’m exhausted. I’m exhausted by six years of chronic illness and seven years of Tory rule. It seems like every time I go on Twitter – and...
The government still doesn’t know what its talking about. But this time it’s almost seven years on from when it gained power, and its...
Whether rightly or wrongly, the government gave the people the choice whether to stay in the EU or leave. Cameron said that he would...
On Thursday the government released its response to the consultation on Personal Independence Payments (PIP), the successor to Disability...
Compared to previous programmes, the Work Programme is not helping more people into work or keeping them in work longer. As we move into...