+ ESA Scrutiny Panel – e-mail to MIND

MIND are on the Scrutiny Panel

E-mail from carerwatch to MIND 

Hi XXXXX

We see from today’s Guardian that Paul Farmer is on the Scrutiny Panel for ESA. We hope he will put the case forcefully and publish his briefing so that he isn’t associated later with anything the Minister decides that Paul doesn’t support.

It seems to us that people are talking here at cross purposes.

Under modern disability thinking almost every one can have the hope and aspiration of working so no one will fail a test for that which is what is happening and why no one is getting in to the support group. Why is this a surprise?

But it goes wrong when that morphs in to – sanctions, threats, bullying and you have to get back to work. The job market is too hard. Disability is too hard.

As long as the help back to work is voluntary ESA is a very positive
approach.

Our view is DROP THE SANCTIONS and you get a positive back to work program for all those who want it and won’t frighten people in to not coming forward and trying.

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One Response to “ESA Scrutiny Panel – e-mail to MIND”

  1. cwatch Says: July 28th, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    There is nothing surprising about these figures.The mistaken logic at the core of ESA is just trundling on to its inevitable conclusion.

    Under modern disability thinking almost no one is too sick or disabled to have the hope and aspiration to work. Look at Stephen Hawkins. No one written off is an admirable corner stone of ESA so of course every one passes the ‘test’ to be fit for trying to get some sort of work.

    That is a million miles from the reality of the disability to be faced every day and the flexible, competitive job market and employers who need to watch costs.

    This is a daunting challenge to the sick person and they need the government to run a supportive program of help free of threats and sanctions. They need to make the decisions themselves.

    ESA could be a positive program of help back to work for all sick and disabled people who want to try if the help was voluntary.

    As it stands every one gets ruled in as a possible even if an outsider possible and then under ESA that morphs in to a probable who needs to be bullied.

    Come to http://carerwatch.com/ and help us fight for a constructive positive ESA free of threats and sanctions.




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