"Government tells woman she's fit to work - despite being blind, epileptic and unable to leave home
Hazel Macrae has been declared fit for work - despite being blind since birth and stricken by a string of disabilities"
Thank goodness the tory government has made life harder for these evil people claiming to be unfit.
"She cannot leave without the help of her partner or son because she is afraid of falling, can’t use a pen or pencil, telephone, and would be unable to “move safely” in a workplace.
Hazel was claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and was told she’d have to undertake a back to work assessment."
"Two years ago the Department for Work and Pensions said Hazel could go back to work and after losing an appeal was forced to take them to a tribunal, which she later won.
She said: “My health hasn’t got any better since two years ago so I don’t know why this has happened.
“I think I’m going to have to go to a tribunal again and I’m so stressed out by it.
“It is just so horrible. They don’t even send you the letters in braille, my partner has to read them.”"
She filled in a questionnaire and was also required to meet with a health professional to undergo a face-to-face assessment where she was asked a series of questions about her daily activities."
"Miss Macrae, who has artificial eyes, will now have to regularly meet with a work coach to discuss how she can get back into work.
She said: “They think they can support me back into work but I can’t do it.
“There are no jobs that I can do. They have said that I can use my hands and I’m expected to apply for all jobs going.
“They asked me if I can move my hands and I said yes.
“I can’t even make a cup of tea myself because of the boiling water."
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/government-tells-woman-shes-fit-13739970
Hazel Macrae has been declared fit for work - despite being blind since birth and stricken by a string of disabilities"
Thank goodness the tory government has made life harder for these evil people claiming to be unfit.
"She cannot leave without the help of her partner or son because she is afraid of falling, can’t use a pen or pencil, telephone, and would be unable to “move safely” in a workplace.
Hazel was claiming Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and was told she’d have to undertake a back to work assessment."
"Two years ago the Department for Work and Pensions said Hazel could go back to work and after losing an appeal was forced to take them to a tribunal, which she later won.
She said: “My health hasn’t got any better since two years ago so I don’t know why this has happened.
“I think I’m going to have to go to a tribunal again and I’m so stressed out by it.
“It is just so horrible. They don’t even send you the letters in braille, my partner has to read them.”"
She filled in a questionnaire and was also required to meet with a health professional to undergo a face-to-face assessment where she was asked a series of questions about her daily activities."
"Miss Macrae, who has artificial eyes, will now have to regularly meet with a work coach to discuss how she can get back into work.
She said: “They think they can support me back into work but I can’t do it.
“There are no jobs that I can do. They have said that I can use my hands and I’m expected to apply for all jobs going.
“They asked me if I can move my hands and I said yes.
“I can’t even make a cup of tea myself because of the boiling water."
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/government-tells-woman-shes-fit-13739970
