“#Illness caused by #obesity causes people to take an extra four sick days a year on average, while many others are forced out of work altogether.”
Where's #Wes' #evidence?
Few #companies track of your #weight at the time you give them a #Fitnote?

Is he making his assumptions on #heart conditions & #diabetes T2, also assuming they're all #obese which isn't true & that all #diabetics have poorly controlled #bloodglucose, which they don't.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/14/unemployed-could-be-given-weight-loss-jabs-to-get-back-to-work-says-wes-streeting
#Government #discrimination

Imagine having a system that, at the same time that someone has a #FitNote saying they are unable to work due to #trauma, #depression and #ADHD, also stops their #benefit because those symptoms mean that they didn't see the meeting you put in their "journal"

Sanctimonious bastards

#welfare #MentalHealth

DWP to face inquiry into deaths of disabled people
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/05/22/dwp-inquiry-deaths/

#DWP
#DisabilityRights
#HumanRights
#Disabled
#Deaths
#EHRC
#PIP
#Stride
#Coffey
#Rudd
#Smith
#Truss
#IDS
#Vouchers
#FitNote
#AI
#Bootcamps
#GE2024
#GE

If the #nightmare that is this #Tory #Govenment can make life worse each day it will.
A #Fitnote is a #sicknote in which a #medically #trained #physician, usually a #GP provides the #medical reason someone either cannot #work or they need a temporary #adaptation to do their #job. #Tories want to take this #role away from those who know about your #health & can make a #qualified #judgement.
https://www.gponline.com/gps-lose-responsibility-fit-notes-government-welfare-reforms/article/1869515?bulletin=bulletins%2Fdailynews&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=eNews%20Bulletin&utm_source=20240422&utm_content=GP%20Daily%20(56)::www_gponline_com_article_18695&email_hash=
#disability #sickness #mentalhealth #illness #doctor #medicine #corruption

Sunak accused of launching ‘full-on assault on disabled people’ | Welfare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/19/sunak-disability-benefit-curbs-sicknote-culture-pip

#Sunak
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#PIP
#Disabilities
#Disability
#ChronicallyIll
#DisabilityBenefits
#Benefits
#Welfare
#MentalHealth
#MentalIllness
#DWP
#DWPMamdatedTreatment
#ForcedTreatment
#FitNote
#PublicServices
#PoorJobs
#Tories
#ToriesOutNow

Out-of-work Universal Credit claimants will be stripped of all support if they don’t move into jobs
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/out-of-work-universal-credit-claimants-will-be-stripped-of-all-support-if-they-don-t-move-into-jobs/ar-AA1k2soP

#UniversalCredit
#PunishmentForBeingPoor
#FreePrescriptions
#LegalAid
#Hunt
#DWP
#MandatoryWorkPlacement
#DigitalTracking
#FitNote
#SickNote