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Related Links
Here is the list of useful links:-
Benefits and Work website Excellent web site that has updated guides to claiming DLA and more news items.
A guide claiming DLA/AA in Word Format is available
BenefitsNow is a useful website which has
a copy of The Disability Handbook as used by
Decision Makers.
Sweet Maria waits for you.....
Maria (the legal) Eagle is Minister for The Disabled she cannot now be contacted via
but
because too many folk wanted to tell her what they think, with true civil service efficiency, they removed the page.
There is still the DWP contact form, so use that instead and see how long it takes before they remove that as well! Thats what they call electronic government.
Search for other sites. Excellent search engine.
US web directory of many many illnesses etc.
The SEMA Group, that's the french company the government awarded the £300m contract to do the medicals to. Now owned by Atosorigin.
The Medical Services Forum, were we NAME THEM and SHAME THEM! Have your say at last! New Forum.
If you have any stories you wish to tell about ANY doctors and ANY bad treatment you may have received then take a look at the NHS EXPOSED web site.
Ever wondered what a Medical Report form looks like? Well here is a blank DLA 140, the form that the
examining doctor uses to write the report about you.
Also check out The Decision Makers Guide Volume 10 Chapter 61 from the BA's own web site.
Containing links to the list of Commissioner's decisions is the Court Service web site.
There ie also a Search Page
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Links to Archive news items about disability and benefits.
The Benefits Agency's own web site contains information about complaints and appeals as well as all the benefits.
The DLAAB is the advisory board to the government regarding DLA.
The House of Commons with lists of ministers and MPs so you can find your own MPs name and email (in some cases) to contact them. Also of interest are the Subject Groups that list all the MPs etc that are associated with a particular interest, e.g. MS or Asthma.
The Disability UK pages offer lots of advice and active help, well worth a look especially if you like taking action!
If you have a disability that cannot be seen easily then visit the following site
Its full of useful information and resources and has a Forum for comments as well as excellent artwork.
The Focus on Disability web site has heaps of links and info about UK disability organisations.
The Lincolnshire Post Polio Resource has the definitive list of articles on the subject.
Help for Carers: The Glasgow South East Carers Network do particularly good Guide to DLA including some of the difficult to get your head around definitions.
Other places of interest for discussion and info
A Ray of Hope A Place to go for Hope
The IdeaList people maintain a huge list of organisations.
has a step-by-step Guide to claiming Disability Living allowance for
adults experiencing mental health problems, which can be downloaded from
www.bhas.org.uk/ The guide is featured on www.rightsnet.org.uk and has links
from most of the major mental health charities. It is suitable for use by
service users, care workers, health professionals and carers. The site also
features a guide to appealing against DLA decisions. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to read the downloaded files.