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been so poor in my life i work for the nhs hilariously on minimum wage will run out of gas and electric tomorrow and i don t know where to turn am soooo worried and stressed working on uc sucks i work full time and am paid 4 weekly so this month i have no uc due to being paid twice in 1 assessment period and my wage isn t even enough to cover the rent and bills any journalists about when speaking to the council last week the guy said to me that the council tax system had changed for those who get housing benefit automatically get council tax support but with universal credits they take your housing element as a form of income and calculate your income based on everything u get this morning we received our council tax bill from now as just moved until april 668 wtf so because i get more as i m disabled and husband is my carer we have to pay the full council tax amount how can we even afford this so iv just received my universal credit payment today of 5 77 as opposed to 250 it turns out i was sanctioned from 8 09 2017 but they thought it wasn t at all necessary to notify me of this sanction i phoned on the 15th to explain why i wasn t there on the 8th and rescheduled another appointment for the 20th where i would present my evidence for the reason for not attending however when i arrived on the 20th i was left waiting over 30mins and had other things to do that day it was then rescheduled again to today which they canceled and then rescheduled to the 18th they are responsible for me not getting to work today a job i have only just started how i m supposed to live on 5 77 for a whole month is simply beyond me last year two days before xmas my benefits got frozen i was gutted what a time to skint a mother out with her child tax that was to cover me and my son through the week holiday i remember feeling so upset had to borrow money from people no warning nothing didn t know what was going on or why my money was frozen two days before xmas universal fucking credit and then got nothing till march was homeless in a hostel but got kicked out as my universal credit not enough to cover it what we supposed to do government should re think it as it s causing so much grief that people can do without i m newly self employed i have a year to get my income up to my minimum income floor which is 25 x 7 50 minimum wage this is because i have a child under 13 so after a year my earnings will be considered to be 750 per month whether they are or not i ll loose council tax benefit and some housing plus free prescriptions and dentist this means i have to earn double that amount to be able to maintain my overheads this is really hitting us self employed people hard well once again i have been sanctioned fucking had enough of this 2 months for not doing enough work search i wrote it all down and she took it at the job centre i ve applied for job after job going to every appointment and even going to work programme i seriously can t handle this anymore universal credit can have the money 1 comment 20 oct 2017 people on universal credit are being refused prescriptions and dental care posted in health universal credit by argotina1 gps and dental practices can t tell who is eligible for free treatment under universal credit meaning some claimants are going without left foot forward can reveal people are being denied prescriptions and dental care because practices do not know whether universal credit claimants are eligible for free treatment according to evidence seen by left foot forward under the current welfare regime those on certain benefits such as jobseekers allowance receive free nhs prescriptions and dental treatment healthy start vouchers and other government funded support but the conservatives universal credit scheme wraps several benefits into one while the principle has broad cross party support dental practices and gps are now unsure who is eligible to receive free treatment those on working tax credits for example are not eligible for free treatment but practices have no information on whether uc claimants are receiving the tax credits element of uc in which case they re ineligible or the jsa element the confusion is leaving people already on the margins either having to fork out for dental care and prescriptions themselves leaving them out of pocket or going without treatment altogether according to reports from the single parents charity gingerbread and seen by left foot forward the problem stems from the fact that the administration system hasn t caught up there is no way on nhs forms to make it clear how to declare that individuals are on uc whereas for existing benefits such as income support or jsa there are specific boxes to confirm eligibility one single mum in touch with gingerbread has incurred fines because of the changes in health assistance under uc she has received a letter from the nhs informing her that she owes money for dental treatment and a prescription explaining that they have fined her as a result she says she was never fully informed how uc would affect her nhs support and is currently unable to pick up a prescription given to her gp because she can t afford to pay she says she will only be able to get this essential prescription when she receives her next payment daisy srblin policy officer at gingerbread told left foot forward the arbitrary waits built into the system clearly cause significant problems when a parent transitions onto uc but the challenges people face don t end there day to day financial difficulties are made worse by unexpected costs such as dental fees and prescriptions the official advice is pay first and claim later but for many this is a cost they simply can t afford the aim has been a simplified benefits system the reality is that the nhs and dwp systems like so many other government departments don t work together creating confusion complexity and often additional costs for single parents we want to see the administrative challenges resolved and for universal credit claimants to be supported as they are entitled to be so that they are not pushed further into debt another single mum gingerbread has spoken to has received a letter notifying her of prescription charges the nhs informed her that she needs to provide them with a full breakdown of her uc award so they can assess her eligibility for support however her job centre are telling her that the information they have provided her to date is enough despite it being different to the documents requested by the nhs with no consistent guidance and no money to pay the charges herself she doesn t know how to resolve the issue read more here https leftfootforward org 2017 10 exclusive people on universal credit are being refused prescriptions and dental care dental charges fines prescription charges 1 comment 20 oct 2017 if it wasn t for your help today i was considering committing suicide i can t take anymore today s demo posted in hunger poverty suicide universal credit by argotina1 here is an awful case that shows that combined with bad advice a lack of compassion and universal credit can and does ruin a persons life today was extremely busy mainly because we now have a new influx of people needing help that had previously been signing on at stalybridge jobcentre which has recently been shut down the impact of a jobcentre shutting down is massive and it can t be underestimated especially in rural areas how on earth can they expect claimants to walk miles to their nearest jobcentre is beyond me but i do know that this is a calculated and cruel move by the government to make it extremely hard for a claimant to fulfil their jobseekers agreement therefore resulting on more sanctions etc here is an awful case that shows that combined with bad advice a lack of compassion and universal credit can and does ruin a persons life please note that this is a true honest account and nor am i passing on any personal details as requested as soon as i arrived i saw a man shuffling out of the jobcentre i could see that he was unhappy and needed help after four years i ve learnt to recognise the signs as soon as i said hello to him he started to tell me about his problems he will remain nameless for respect for him and also so that he doesn t get any repercussions from the dwp he told me that he had been sanctioned again he didn t know why and his advisor wouldn t tell him either he was told to phone up the 0345 number which at the moment costs a person up to 55p a min to phone he waited for ages to speak to someone and then he ran out of credit so now he can t use his phone he had always worked since the age of 15 until he had a heart attack five years ago this left him unable to work so upon advice given he then claimed esa this was going ok for a while until he attended an atos medical when they declared him fit for work he clearly wasn t so he appealed this decision won his appeal and reclaimed his esa the stress of this didn t do him any good so he became ill and had to be admitted to hospital for a heart related illness the consultant advised him to stay away from stressful situations easier to say than do though especially when he was called up for another esa medical they declared him fit for work so he then went to the jobcentre to try and claim jobseekers allowance until his appeal was accepted however his advisor told him that he had to claim universal credit he had no choice and nor could he appeal the esa decision we know that this is wrong but this is what they are doing to people folks he then went ahead made his claim and was told that he had to work he had no choice so against his consultants decision he found a 16 hour a week job which was supposedly topped up by universal credit he ended up far worse off financially because the way that universal credit is worked out it actually makes a person worse off in work and he was effectively working for 33p a hour then his hours were reduced to 10 a week he knew that he couldn t survive on this and he also knew that he would be punished by the universal credit system for the decision that was made by his employer he was told to find more hours to work or there was a possibility that he would be sanctioned as a result he became ill because of the stress and couldn t cope he has subsequently been sanctioned and has had no money for a few weeks straight away i reassured him that we are here for him that we can help him he told me that he was close to committing suicide and was serious about it but our kindness has made him rethink this he didn t think that anyone would help because no one cared i told him that we do care and that we would help him to sort this out i gave him a food parcel which he was overjoyed at recieving i don t think that he has eaten anything decent for a while i then telephoned his local mps office and asked his team if they could see him asap because his case is complicated and there is more to it than i have explained above seeing his mp is essential there s nothing like a letter from an mp to get things moving because if there is one thing that the dwp hate is an mp becoming involved in a case i did also inform him of other local organisations but he said that he wasn t ready for them yet but maybe he will be after he has spoken to his mps office i know that he will be treated with the upmost respect when he meets them and they are a great team remember folks go and see your mp if you can even if they are conservative because they need to hear your problems even if some won t deal with it then need to hear them i m now confident that his life will improve read more here https thepoorsideoflife wordpress com 2017 10 19 if it wasnt for your help today i was considering committing suicide i cant take anymore todays demo 3 comments 10 oct 2017 my local accident emergency department is rammed with suicidal residents going to a and e as they have no where else to go posted in cuts mental health national health service nhs suicide by argotina1 this was posted today on facebook by paula peters i want to share a couple of experiences of the mental health services cuts with you today i have a local cmht community mental health team in south london we had three cmhts it went down to two and the discharge rate in the last four years is massive you will only stay under a cmht if you are on clozapine medication other than that you are back to primary care and gp you can imagine for clients as the team calls them what that does for them with no treatment no support and no supporting medical evidence needed for disability benefits esa and pip and support for uc universal credit claims my local a and e is rammed with suicidal residents going to a and e as they have no where to go and local counseling services have an 18 month and longer wait for therapy the average wait to see a gp in some practices in bromley is now 8 weeks and climbing as not only is there a shortage of consultant psychiatrists but there is a shortage of gps just recently i saw my local consultant psychiatrist who i have not seen since october 2016 i have not been able to see them because they have been on sick leave and there was no one else to help out i found out when i saw them what happened they now manage two teams within the cmht psychosis and adapt they have 5 000 clients to deal with appointments and paperwork that does not include dr training management of staff in patient work on the local unit and any other work required of them at christmas they were so tired and wrung out that they caught their bag in a slam door in the office that severely broke their wrist they did not know the wrist was broken at the time and they went back to the desk they share with 6 other members of staff and wrote up 7 people s medical notes as they were behind on doing so they ended up in a and e for 9 hours and a plaster cast on and off for the next 8 months after a series of operations they were so stressed when i saw them they were at breaking point all they talked about was targets targets targets many of them unachieveable and they pointed out the three people going around with clipboards harassing staff apparently the next round of redundancies were due they said they are not sleeping scared and worried about their jobs and worried about clients who are not getting the support they need they cant send anyone for treatment at the local inpatient unit because well there are no beds for 300 miles there are nursing shortages and dr shortages when i saw my consultant they said the suicide rate and self harm rate is rocketing due to lack of support they are angry at the government for the lack of service support and further cuts to come as for me well i am on my third support worker in 9 months they keep leaving they are so stressed and depressed am surprised they don t label the place the titanic the support worker who i will only see for six sessions is not sure when she will see me next as she has 1200 clients to see she ...