Ten people every day die, while waiting for their P.I.P. benefit claim

halo sovereign initiates and conservator’s of self and lore, we have a massive requirement and a moral duty/obligation to assist our family and the Ambassador of Marie Curie, to get thus administrative red tape cut through, and stop the harm, injury and mortal loss of our family, when they are in the most desperate need of care, love support and any/all available assistance’s.

a traditional duty to raise a “hue and cry” so to speak!!

we here at splspro have a keen and active interest in helping our less able family become safe and secure,
we have some excellent instruments and notices we can edit and tailor to suit thus situation,
kevin and grahams work with the benefits and assessments will call the day on thus, in a matter of hours not years!!

no disrespect to the Actor and Marie Curie Ambassador Jim Carter, of marie curie,
he is not to know the deep state secrets, on how real business is done.
sadly the dying members of our family, are treated and seen as commercial public items under UCC maritime, admiralty and banking constitutions.

here are the two links from the marie cure website, one from january 2019 and one recent one that eye have noticed and wanted to help and get busy in the new year with protecting and assisting these poor souls in dire need.

the second link is from december 2019, now we finish the job..
whom art with thy?

link 1:-

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/media/press-releases/ten-people-every-day-are-dying-while-waiting-for-their-benefit-claim-to-be-answered/221482

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Ten people every day are dying while waiting for their benefit claim to be answered
Press release published 23 January 2019

Ten people every day are dying while waiting for their benefit claim to be answered

The public says: Cut red tape for dying people claiming benefits

Around 10 people every day are dying while waiting for their benefit claim to be answered,[i] but the public say this isn’t good enough.

A new survey commissioned by the terminal illness charity Marie Curie, found the public overwhelmingly support cutting red tape for dying people claiming benefits.

The results show that 88% of UK adults agree everyone who has a terminal illness should have quick and easy access to financial support. Eight in ten (80%) agree that terminally ill people should not be expected to look for work or have their capacity for work assessed.[ii]

The YouGov survey confirms that many dying people face barriers and delays when claiming benefits.

Around three out of five (58%) of respondents who have been affected by the terminal illness of a family member or friend said their loved one faced a lot of red tape relating to financial support. Of those who responded, just under half(44%) said it took too long for their loved one to get the benefits they needed, while 41% said their loved one found being questioned about their health beforereceiving benefitsintrusive.[iii]

New government data shows that over 17,000 people have died between 2013-2018 while waiting for decisions on their personal independence payments (PIP).

Marie Curie and the Motor Neurone Disease Association are calling for a change to the law so that everyone with a terminal illness can easily get the financial support they need.

Currently terminally ill people can only get quick access to benefits if a clinician is sure they have less than six months to live. The six-month rule means that many dying people with unpredictable illnesses have to spend time filling in forms and attending interviews with benefits advisors. Some must even go to coaching sessions aimed at getting them back to work.

The findings come as MPs are set to debate the Access to Welfare Bill on January 25th. The Bill would change the law, as has happened with the devolved benefits in Scotland, removing the six-month limit so that a clinical judgement that someone is terminally ill would give them fast track access to benefits. The change is already due to take place in Scotland from 2021.

Statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that 95% of people accessing benefits via the six-month rule have terminal cancer which means people with unpredictable terminal conditions like lung and motor neurone disease often miss out.

Lorraine Cox is a 39-year old mother of three who is living with the terminal illness motor neurone disease. She had her claim for benefits rejected after a lengthy application process. “I felt so angry when I was assessed as not fitting the criteria. I’ve completely lost the feeling in my left hand. I can’t make my own bed, my children help me get dressed, I have a cleaner, I can’t cook the way I used to. I shouldn’t have to spend my time fighting for support, it’s exhausting. I’m hoping that in the future, things are made much easier for people and they can spend time with the people they love most, instead of fighting against an unfair system.”

Simon Jones, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Marie Curie said: “The current welfare system for terminally ill people is unfair and outdated, and results in cruel and distressing treatment for people who are at the end of their lives. Nobody with a terminal illness should have to face multiple assessments and back-to-work interviews when the stark fact is that they are dying. Life is tough enough without people spending the limited time they have left worrying about getting the support they need.”

Drew Hendry MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Terminal Illness, said: “In my own constituency I see every week the difficulties terminally ill people face when claiming benefits. This survey shows the level of public support for change. Terminally ill people should be spending time with their loved ones, not jumping through hoops to get the support they need.”

Madeleine Moon MP, who is also campaigning for a change and sponsoring the Access to Welfare Bill, said: “Everyone with a terminal illness should have quick access to the financial support they need. People with unpredictable conditions are facing barriers, delays and insensitive questioning just because doctors are unable to say for certain when they will die.”

Marie Curie’s information and support services have also seen a dramatic increase in people affected by terminal illness seeking information about financial and benefit support in the last year. Enquiries to the charity’s Support Line have more than doubled while those accessing online information is up by 40%.

Marie Curie and the MND Association have launched a petition to call for a change in the law to make it easier for terminally ill people to access benefits. You can support the petition at www.mariecurie.org.uk/scrapsixmonths.

Contact information
Smita Kunvarji
Senior Media & PR Officer
020 7091 6650
020 7091 6650
smita.kunvarji@mariecurie.org.uk
Notes to Editor
[i] Personal Independence Payment: Written question – 203812

[ii] YouGov survey for Marie Curie 28th-29th November 2018. Unweighted base 2092 UK adults (18+).

[1] YouGov survey for Marie Curie on Terminal Illness 28th-29th November 2018. Unweighted base 560 UK adults (18+) who have been affected by the terminal illness of a relative or friend in the last 3 years.

Marie Curie – care and support through terminal illness

Please note – we are now called ‘Marie Curie’ (not Marie Curie Cancer Care)
Marie Curie is the UK’s leading charity for people with any terminal illness. The charity helps people living with a terminal illness and their families make the most of the time they have together by delivering expert hands-on care, emotional support, research and guidance. Marie Curie employs more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, and with its nine hospices around the UK, is the largest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS.
If you are in need of support, or have any questions about any aspect of terminal illness, call the Marie Curie Information & Support Line free on 0800 090 2309 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/help.

link 2:-

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/media/press-releases/marie-curie-calls-for-next-government-to-waste-no-time-in-fixing-benefits-for-dying-people/264034

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Marie Curie calls for next Government to waste no time in fixing benefits for dying people
Press release published 03 December 2019

Five months after a damning Parliamentary report 1 into how the benefits system treats the terminally ill, Marie Curie is calling for the next Government to waste no further time in changing the law to make it easier for dying people to get the support they need. Every day, 10 people in this country die waiting for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and this means some are dying in distressing financial circumstances because they have been denied the state benefits they are entitled to.

A new report 2 from Marie Curie published today shows that 43% of those caring for people at the end of life say they struggle financially. The total cost of living with a terminal illness in the UK can be between £12,000 and £16,000 a year. The report shows that 60% of people living with a terminal illness rely on benefits as their main source of income yet more than 17,000 people in Great Britain have died waiting for a decision on a PIP claim since 2013.

Actor and Marie Curie Ambassador Jim Carter said: “It is four months since the All-Party Parliamentary group for Terminal Illness found that the benefits system for terminally ill people is not fit for purpose. People are being forced to prove that they have six months left to live or face long delays in getting access to benefits. When they do get benefits they can face stressful reassessment, even though they are dying. Little real progress has been made since. Back in August we delivered a petition to Downing Street signed by over 55,000 people, demanding change to the cruel benefits system that can make all the difference to people’s end of life experience. Marie Curie and the Motor Neurone Disease Association are calling for whoever wins the general election to overhaul the current system and replace it with a fairer approach based on trusting the judgement of doctors and other clinicians who know their patients best.”

Jo Lynton spent months trying to claim benefits for her husband Mark who died in July 2019. She said: “My husband was ill for 22 weeks and 6 days and that was all. I spent 15 weeks fighting to get some help and the benefits we were entitled to and I didn’t manage to do it. It was very frustrating, very upsetting and emotionally it was a very difficult time.

“Mark didn’t have a quality of life from soon after he was diagnosed. He had to stop work before he got the diagnosis. It was so rapid. He found it difficult to eat. He couldn’t swallow. He struggled to breathe. He couldn’t get up and down stairs. He lost the use of his arms so quickly. He lost the ability to speak. It was so rapid and in some ways that’s good because motor neurone can go on for years.

“I was his full-time carer. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I couldn’t leave the house. I couldn’t go shopping. I did everything for him. I showered him, shaved him, washed him, dressed him, gave him a drink, fed him, gave him his medication.

“Claiming benefits was horrendous. We were entitled to claim income support of £50 a week and council tax benefits. I couldn’t get either of those because I couldn’t get anybody from Universal Credit to answer the phone.

“We were on hold for 50-60 minutes and I couldn’t be on hold for 50 or 60 minutes because my husband could choke on his own saliva so what was I supposed to do? Tell him to choke quietly as I’m waiting on the phone to get £50 a week?

“It didn’t affect Mark’s day to day life because he didn’t know, but I would just sit and cry because there was nothing I could do. We needed the support and we just couldn’t get it and there was nothing I could do about it.

“It made me really, really angry because me and my husband have both worked all our lives. We’ve paid in to the system and the one time we needed help, we couldn’t get it.”

Matthew Reed, Chief Executive of Marie Curie, said: “As many as 1400 people could have died waiting for benefits since the review was announced in the summer, and as every day passes countless more people will be let down by the benefits system.  We’re very disappointed that none of the major UK parties have included benefits reform for dying people in their manifestos.

“We’re urging the public to ask all their local candidates to pledge their support for our “Scrap six months” campaign.  The law is already set to be changed in Scotland from 2020, so anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness can get fast access to devolved benefits.  The next UK government must follow suit – dying people don’t have time to wait.” 

“Our new report, The Cost of Dying, shows how difficult life can be for families living with terminal illness.  Marie Curie has launched a new campaign to open up the conversation around death, dying and bereavement. We have been caring for people who are dying and their families for over 70 years and we know that talking about death and dying is so important. If we talk about death, plan and share our wishes with our loved ones then we are more likely to have a good end of life experience which in turn lightens the load on those we leave behind and eases the bereavement process.”

Notes to Editor
1 Six Months To Live? Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Terminal Illness inquiry into the legal definition of terminal illness

2 The Cost of Dying: The financial impact of terminal illness

Marie Curie launches Terminal Illness Benefits Calculator. Benefits calculators can be useful for people who have little to no knowledge about benefits, as the calculations about which benefits they could receive, and how much, are worked out for them. The new benefit calculator can be accessed at mariecurie.org.uk/benefits. For those with no internet access, Marie Curie Support Line officers will be able to guide callers through the calculator.

General Election candidate pledge. Marie Curie is calling on all candidates in the upcoming General Election to support our #Scrap6months campaign to make it easier for dying people to get the benefits they need. Members of the public can contact their local candidates using our simple online form: mariecurie.org.uk/election.

Talk About. If you would like information and support or would like some help on how to talk about death and dying with your family and friends Marie Curie has launched Talk About – a new online resource with ideas and tools to help you get started visit www.mariecurie.org/talkabout or call the Marie Curie support line free on 0800 090 2309.

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