26 Disability Cuts In The UK

In Sickness + In Health

In this week’s episode, Beth talks about the current disability benefits situation in the UK. We talked about the cuts to disability programs, the recent surprise resignation of the mastermind behind many of these cuts, and the NHS approach to pain management—or lack thereof. Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/3/29/26-disability-cuts-in-the-uk- Links "Welfare State in the United Kingdom” from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state_in_the_United_Kingdom "PIP cuts: The disability benefit cuts that sparked a Tory civil war” from The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/disability-benefit-cuts-what-is-pip-u-turn-george-osborne-why-a6943976.html#gallery Thousands have died after being found fit for work, DWP figures show: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/27/thousands-died-after-fit-for-work-assessment-dwp-figures "UN inquiry considers alleged UK disability rights violations” from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/20/un-inquiry-uk-disability-rights-violations-cprd-welfare-cuts "How the Iain Duncan Smith resignation crisis unfolded” from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/20/how-the-iain-duncan-smith-resignation-crisis-unfolded "In full: Iain Duncan Smith resignation letter” from the BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35848891 "UK’s EU Referendum" aka the ‘Brexit’ from the Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/eu-referendum Featured Episodes 09 Complex Patients Across the Border w/ Arianne: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2015/11/23/09-complex-patients-across-the-border 11 What a Pain! w/ Jill Fancher, PhD: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2015/12/14/11-what-a-pain-w-jill-fancher 22 Pain is Personal w/ Jen: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/3/2/22-pain-is-personal