Thanks for this - I was only talking about the reviews of DLA this afternoon with Positive Nation. I've had a look at your blog and passed details onto a couple of other people, including Positive Nation = they want to do a feature on this in the February edition.
In case you hadn't realised, there are actually two separate reviews of DLA going on at present. One is across the board and is called the Right Payments Programme (make of that what you want) and the other is a review of claims that went in with a DS1500 and the people concerned are still alive long after the six months they were expected to live at the time the claim went in.
One of the best sites I've found for information about DLA and benefits claims in general is benefits and work, glad to see it listed on your set of links, only thing that might put people off is the subscription, but what the heck they stand to lose a lot more than £16.50 if their DLA is cut off.
Under the Benefit Integrity Project around 50% of people got their DLA withdrawn, appealed and got it back. Some people ended up with more than they started with, but it is a process that people really need help with unless they have a lot of courage and energy and the right knowledge or advice.
I will put a link on our forum website to your blog and have already advised someone else to have a look at it.
Well done for all that research
Best for now
Wharfside Patients Forum Website
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