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Start: 11/08/2008 19:58
Thanks to K for emailing me this. Note : If you want to attend this event please email your name to mya.stevens@radar.org.uk to register your attendance. Places are limited to 80. RADAR is organising a series of debates in different parts of the country to promote discussion of the relevance of disability equality to solving some of today's biggest policy challenges.
You are invited to the inaugural debate on Monday September 1st from 4.00 – 6.30pm where the motion to be debated is:
“This House believes that the majority of disabled people can and should work.”
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Start: 13/08/2008 19:16
I am happy to disclosed, information that was provided from the DWP website today, which confirms in Feb 2008 the total number of people affected with HIV/AIDS who claimed and Entiitled to was: Start: 13/08/2008 19:19
I have received some information from Mr. Core & his colleague, a regular contributor to our cause. This is information on a Freedom of Information Request about the Doctors used by the DWP. I have also received the membership and Agenda & Minutes from the DCS Advisory Forum under one of my requests. Please bear with me as I am under the weather at the moment and will post all this information tomorrow. | 14
Start: 14/08/2008 17:31
Further to my request under the Freedom of Information Act for the Agenda's and Minutes of the meetings, from January 2006 to present date, of the Disability Carers Advisory Forum part of the Department for Work & Pensions. I am posting the data received so you can see what has happened in this forum, what was discussed etc.. Click here for the list of members and the date of joining the forum. THT have been a member since 2005. Start: 14/08/2008 18:00
Mr Core submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act to find out exactly who the Doctors were on the DWP Medical Panel. There were several issues raised - HIV experience, If medic's visited a person at home what identification was presented, How could it be verified? etc. . This information is also necessary to know should any claimant want to challenge a medical opinion of one of the doctors commenting on a case, in a court of law. This of course raised issues where a DWP Medical Praticioner, who could be a nurse ,reaches a medical judgement that might be contrary to that of a claiments consultant who is likely to be more learned in HIV matters. Mr Core kindly sent me all the information regarding this request. As you can imagine the DWP were not happy to release this information, it took many months and Mr Core was left with no choice but to take the matter through to the Information Commissioner's Office. This office told the DWP to release the information otherwise it would formally order it to do so. Mr Core asked if any of the Doctors were of or over retirement age as specified in UK law. This matter remains outstanding as the DWP have said they cannot reveal the "dates of birth" of these Doctors. Though that was not what was asked. You must draw you own conclusions as to why this general point has been unanswered. Below you will see the response, with names of DWP employee's not subject to the Freedom of Information Request edited out. Start: 14/08/2008 19:31
The Infomation Commissioners Office deals with Freedom of Information and Data Protection Law. You can find there website at http://www.ico.gov.uk should you need advice on how to submit a request.
Here are the documents received as a result of Freedom of information Requests.
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Start: 16/08/2008 14:35
I would draw your attention to this post in the Forums on the Fear of Prosecution. Very relevant. Legally I would draw attention to the requirement in law to notify the DWP of changes to circumstances.
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