Tag Archives: Independent
Time for Unrest: Why patients with ME are demanding justice
Independent: Time for Unrest: Why patients with ME are demanding justice, by Nathalie Wright, 7 Jan 2018 A new film sheds light on a condition that is largely ignored. Nathalie Wright reports on the struggles patients face to be taken seriously by … Continue reading
Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts
Disability news service blog post: by John Pring, 12 May 2016: Crabb’s mixed signals on fresh disability benefit cuts The new work and pensions secretary has sent out mixed signals on whether he wants to make further cuts to spending on … Continue reading
ME Awareness in the media May 2016
She knows article, by Stephanie Land, 12 May 2016: Chronic fatigue syndrome is so much more than exhaustion [Chronic fatigue syndrome is a deadly disease that has very little to do with fatigue] Independent article, by Jason Reed, 12 May 2016: … Continue reading
Wessely saga continues
In November Prof Simon Wessely was awarded with the John Maddox Standing up for Science honour. The prize was created by the journal Nature and the charitable trust Sense about Science (Prof Wessely is one of its advisers). It was … Continue reading
Parliamentary question re Royal Mail & Benefits claimants mail
Asked by The Countess of Mar: To ask Her Majesty’s Government in what circumstances Royal Mail staff are required to open correspondence to the Department for Work and Pensions from claimants containing confidential medical information, as reported in the Independent … Continue reading