In
the last couple of weeks my son has received a number of letters from
the Department of Work and Pensions demanding that he complete ESA
(Employment Support Allowance) and PIP (Personal Independence Payment
replacing Disabled Living Allowance) forms by 29 December and 2 January
respectively. This has caused him to experience a high level of stress,
exacerbated by their forms arriving late and phone calls to DWP
numbers, as instructed, which were incorrect. Added stress and panic
attacks. At an already stressful time of the year for people who have
mental illness. It is very unfair.
I
don't get any Carers Allowance now, since receiving my basic State
Pension in March 2015 at the age of 62, although my son receives medium
rate of Care within DLA, which should have lasted until 2018. Therefore
this PIP letter and claim form was unexpected. For it to arrive at the
same time as the ESA demand, was doubly damaging. Having to face a
possible reduction in monies which we both need to pay the bills. For
my son has lived with me since first accessing psychiatric inpatient
care in 2005 at Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife.
On
my son's 4th psychiatric inpatient stay in February 2012, he suffered
various injuries and bad treatment, detailed in blog posts and
complaints to NHS Fife, Fife Council, Scottish Government, MSPs, Mental
Welfare Commission, Scottish Human Rights Commission, other mental
health organisations and individuals, and finally to the Scottish Public
Services Ombudsman. At the end of September 2014 I heard from SPSO
that my complaint against NHS Fife had been upheld and they were told to
apologise which they did, in a brief letter later in the year. Not
before the interim Chief Executive of Fife Health Board Dr Brian
Montgomery denied any responsibility for the abuse of my son in a Fife
Herald piece, in response to my article:
Therefore
we are experiencing a very stressful time leading up to Christmas,
having to justify mental illness and disability. My son will have to
recount his mental health struggles, the panic attacks, anxiety,
negative thoughts, lack of confidence, suicidal thoughts, all of which
can happen on the worst day, when things are not going well, memories of
what happened in February 2012 in the locked seclusion room, through
the night. Locked in for hours and left, broken hand untreated, needing
the toilet, no nurses appeared in response to his shouting so he had to
defecate on the floor of the cell, in the dark, light switch outside in
the corridor. Shameful treatment.
His
dirty protest at being left to defecate on the cell floor like an
animal caused the 3 nurses, when they eventually appeared, to hold him
face down in his own excrement, rubbing his face in it (resulted in
glandular infection requiring antibiotics). They fondled his genitals
and penetrated his anus. We don't know with what, it wasn't written in
the notes. Which means it didn't happen, according to NHS Fife and
SPSO.
But
we know it did. And I had to live with the flashbacks for years after
and still today my sons speaks of it. It has to be spoken about. For
the sake of justice. Although up to this day we got no justice. Which
nearly broke my spirit last year. Fortunately I recovered.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
stressful Christmas thanks to #DWP letters: ESA & PIP forms MUST be completed or else
Friday, 18 March 2016
“If I got her on the outside, I would rearrange her face” Lomond Ward nurse Aug13
In the Evening Telegraph 16 March 2016 by reporter Steven Rae (about a third of way down page):
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Fife Herald article 24 January 2014: Lomond Ward nurse David Tracey faces charge of assaulting female patient on 6 August 2013 in Lomond Ward, Stratheden Hospital:
"... seizing her by the neck, pushing her against a window and seizing by the hair, seizing her again by the neck and clothing and pulling her along a corridor, shouting at her and gesticulating towards her."
Fife Herald 31 January 2014 published this update:
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25 January 2014: Fife Herald article 24 January 2014: Lomond Ward nurse faces charge of assaulting female patient
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Fife Herald article 24 January 2014: Lomond Ward nurse David Tracey faces charge of assaulting female patient on 6 August 2013 in Lomond Ward, Stratheden Hospital:
"... seizing her by the neck, pushing her against a window and seizing by the hair, seizing her again by the neck and clothing and pulling her along a corridor, shouting at her and gesticulating towards her."
Fife Herald 31 January 2014 published this update:
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25 January 2014: Fife Herald article 24 January 2014: Lomond Ward nurse faces charge of assaulting female patient
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