Thanks Karen.
It's good to hear from you again, and I hope the conference in Australia will expose the preventable harm created by these social policies in the UK, which is ongoing "conscious cruelty", to quote Ken Loach.
The assessments are unrelated to care, concern or support for disabled people, and are all about the reduction of the welfare budget as government 'advisers' Unum Insurance dominate the field in healthcare insurance - and then try very hard not to pay out on genuine claims.
My website was launched last year and contains a great deal of evidence the UK government don't particularly want in the public domain, including reports from the professional community and published papers from the academic world. There may be evidence on the website that could help inform the conference:
Re: Mo Stewart Research
https://www.mostewartresearch.co.uk/
There are some interesting videos reproduced with permission on my website, which may also prove useful:
See: https://www.mostewartresearch.co.uk/videos/
Scroll down to the video dated April 2012: Did insurer cheat disabled claimants? (13.32mins). Prepare to be shocked. Most people still don't know how bad this is...
This is a CBS News interview from America regarding Unum Insurance, and I think it is a demonstration of what has happened in the UK and, apparently, across the western world.
Also, the video dated Feb 2017: The Broken Benefit System is Not Fit For Purpose (22.29mins) is a disturbing TV documentary demonstrating a Conservative MP attempting to justifying the unjustifiable, regardless of the preventable harm created for those in greatest need.
That's the power of neoliberal politics, where the only motivation is 'Cash Not Care', as care, concern and compassion are successfully removed from social policy.
Chronically ill and disabled people are dying in their thousands in the UK, with a government department still refusing to publish updated death totals of claimants found 'fit for work' when, quite literally, 'Killed by the state'. See: https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/killed-by-the-state/
**The Editor of the TruePublica news website received a very angry call from 'a senior Tory MP' when 'Killed by the state' was first published online, and it seems the MP was furious and attempted and failed to instruct the Editor to stop exposing the influence of Unum Insurance with UK welfare policies.... Oh dear...
**I received a personal telecom from the Cameron Cabinet Office attempting to 'incentivise' me to stop the research, using the welfare of disabled War Pensioners who were promised Disability Living Allowance 'for life' but who now go thro' the new bogus Personal Independence Payment assessment. Many have been refused the new benefit, which offers access to a Motability car. The telecom promised that War Pensioners would not be touched if I stopped the research - which was an ethical dilemma I had to face.
So, many disabled War Pensioners like me, disabled when serving this nation in the military, have now lost access to their Motability cars and many lost their jobs too, as they are unable to access public transport. They are on my conscience.
If interested, my book will tell you more. Published in September 2016, it is now recommended reading for various social policy courses in the UK, and has also been added to university libraries, which was unexpected but very welcome news.
See: Cash Not Care: the planned demolition of the UK welfare state
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cash-Not-Care-planned-demolition/dp/178507783X
I hope this info is helpful and please do share if you think it may help colleagues.
Have a great conference.
Best
Mo
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”
Martin Luther-King Jr
Mo Stewart
Fellow, the Centre for Welfare Reform
Author of ‘Cash Not Care: the planned demolition of the UK welfare state’. New Generation Publishing 2016
https://www.mostewartresearch.co.uk
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mo_Stewart/publications
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Subject: RE: Australian Social Policy Conference 9-11 September 2019
Thanks very much for that Mo.
Yes, the Australian workplace assessment testing is similar to the UK context.
It is good that we can at least learn from each other in research and advocacy. Getting anyone to listen is another story.
All the best in your important work.
Karen
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Hello Karen
Re: Psychological tyranny prescribed by the DWP: preventable harm is government policy
British Journal of General Practice (Dec 2018)
https://bjgp.org/content/68/677/579
I'm sure the conference will be stimulating and I look forward to hearing about the presentations.
It is of concern that I learn that similar social policies adopted in the UK in recent years, which have caused so much preventable harm to many, are possibly being adopted in Australia.
The attached was recently published in the JCPCP in December 2018, and may be of possible interest. I was also published in the BJGP in December, and the link is above.
Kind regards
Mo
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”
Martin Luther-King Jr
Mo Stewart
Fellow, the Centre for Welfare Reform
Author of ‘Cash Not Care: the planned demolition of the UK welfare state’. New Generation Publishing 2016 https://www.mostewartresearch.co.uk
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mo_Stewart/publications
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The Australian Social Policy Conference, 9 - 11 September 2019
Abstract submission and registrations now open.
Closing date for abstract submission: 29 April 2019
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