zippy Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Mild to moderate asthma doesn't (or at least shouldn't) stop someone from working, but please don't assume that everybody who has asthma has it only mildly or moderately. Asthma does still kill approaching 2000 people a year in the UK, and people who have severe asthma may need to use a nebuliser up to 10 times a day and may need oxygen for part time or full time. These people may genuinely not be able to work and people who have brittle asthma, which is a particularly reactive type of asthma which can cause dozens of asthma attacks a day, tend to have very poor control of their asthma and that means weeks at a time unable to leave the house (or in worse cases the hospital) because of the breathing problems. I have asthma, but it's not something that I would even think of listing as a reason why I would not be able to work (apart from if I get a cold and get bronchitis or whatever) because my asthma is very well controlled 99% of the time. I still think I'm lucky that this is the case though. complete absence of any consideration of the somatic component in symptomology ... while Talcott Parsons ' work has been challenged and subjected to various modifications and corollaries there is value in the consideration of 'the sick role' and how some people view what they should or should not do on the basis of possessing a Diagnosis ... the 'bleeding edge' of progress in many chronic conditions is now about how far , how fit and for how long people with the condition can live a normal life, conditions that were considered life span limiting as recently as 20 -30 years ago now are revising drastically what these limited life spans might be ( e.g. Cystic fibrosis - with people remaining 'well' and productive into their 30s and 40s , e.g. spinal cord injury where paraplegia is no longer considered a life span limiting condition - plenty of paraplegics injured in their teens and twenties now in their 60s and 70s now and no more 'unwell' than their none SCI peers and tetraplegia while life span limiting the shortening of life span is no where near as severe as it once was - as there are people who have lived for 40 + years post injury ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlina Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 A bit off topic but how can a deaf person be on middle rate disability, i find it disgusting. It depends on the degree of deafness Corker. Also, their language/communication skills (eg is their first language British Sign Language?). Someone who is profoundly deaf may be deemed to need more assistance or support that someone with a moderate hearing problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liza D Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The long term sick and disabled are easy targets for the gov. How about they start checking up on all the supposed single women with children. There are at least half a doz of them on my street alone, who all get benefits and are living with blokes that are working. Or how about the people who are claiming unemployment that work on the fiddle. The gov would have to have people following checking on these people and that cost money. Much easier to get some money grabbing doc who does what they say and put him in a room and have folks come to him. Or am I being a cynic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff1johnny Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 yes,I totally agree with hte last postee.Went for mine a couple of weeks ago,got the results of the examination & had it not had my name at the top of the page I'd have sworn I was reading someone else's results...Unbelievable this has happened to people. ask for a more detailed report, to make sure it is your medical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlina Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 One of my concerns is that these doctors can make decisions on disabilities of which they have no specialist knowledge or training. They base their assessments on guidlines and clinical textbooks. One size fits all......er I think not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pottedplant Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The long term sick and disabled are easy targets for the gov. How about they start checking up on all the supposed single women with children. There are at least half a doz of them on my street alone, who all get benefits and are living with blokes that are working. Or how about the people who are claiming unemployment that work on the fiddle. The gov would have to have people following checking on these people and that cost money. Much easier to get some money grabbing doc who does what they say and put him in a room and have folks come to him. Or am I being a cynic? Have you told the DWP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniee Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 hate to correct anyone but half of these assessors are not even doctors some are midwifes, physios, etc and could you all realise that anyone of you could have an accident tomorrow and end up in this position also here we go again, maggies britain divide and conquer put everyone against everyone and wait for the minimum wage to dissapear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liza D Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Have you told the DWP? Not my job. And maybe if they didn't rely on all the grasses out there they would get off their butts and do their jobs instead of picking on the vunerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Not my job. And maybe if they didn't rely on all the grasses out there they would get off their butts and do their jobs instead of picking on the vunerable. I don't see your logic here..you're complaining about people getting stuff they shouldn't yet do nothing to stop it..? Peculiar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 One of my concerns is that these doctors can make decisions on disabilities of which they have no specialist knowledge or training. They base their assessments on guidlines and clinical textbooks. One size fits all......er I think not! <presses repeat for the umpteenth time > Once again a focuses on diagnosis , rather than the actual purpose of the assessment which is to look at functional ability with respect to activities of daily living and work related tasks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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