The DSS Strike Again
Aug. 29th, 2013 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Or whatever they and their Northern Irish branch are called this month
A Londonderry man left in a permanent vegetative state following a sectarian attack has been asked by the Social Security Agency if he is fit for work. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-23839671
I'd love to say this surprises me but after the hoops K went through with her brother's paperwork recently, it really doesn't. Basically K's brother was born severely brain-damaged, and presently lives in sheltered housing. At the end of last year, they had to go through a whole song and dance and umpteen forms and medical appointments to prove his condition hadn't improved at all (as brain damage so frequently sees improvements /sarcasm) and that he could still keep his place in the sheltered housing where he lives. Oddly enough, no, his condition hadn't changed and thankfully they were still going to fund him, but for a government that wants to save money, I'd suggest this is not the way to go about it.
A Londonderry man left in a permanent vegetative state following a sectarian attack has been asked by the Social Security Agency if he is fit for work. - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-23839671
I'd love to say this surprises me but after the hoops K went through with her brother's paperwork recently, it really doesn't. Basically K's brother was born severely brain-damaged, and presently lives in sheltered housing. At the end of last year, they had to go through a whole song and dance and umpteen forms and medical appointments to prove his condition hadn't improved at all (as brain damage so frequently sees improvements /sarcasm) and that he could still keep his place in the sheltered housing where he lives. Oddly enough, no, his condition hadn't changed and thankfully they were still going to fund him, but for a government that wants to save money, I'd suggest this is not the way to go about it.
