ESA, DLA and Euthanasia

[FitzWilliam]

I have just chanced on this recent Freedom of Information request sent to the DWP on 24 January 2011, which I think is worth sharing.

 

Euthanasia options for those who are removed off of DLA/ESA

 

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

 

With your department aiming to remove the benefits from 25% of DLA claimants, and deem 91% of ESA claimants as fit for work, please could you inform me what provisions have been made for those disabled and sick people to choose a quick and painless death in preference to slow and painful death by starvation, neglect or homelessness.

 

Are there any future plans for ATOS to issue suicide kits to those who ATOS deem ineligible for disability kits?

 

Also, please provide the official government estimates of how many genuinely sick and disabled people will commit suicide, or die through neglect, starvation or homelessness due to having their benefits removed, and how much money will these deaths save the country?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Stuart Wyatt

 

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/euthanasia_options_for_those_who#comment-15816

[ptol]

Initially I ****ed myself laughing at that. And then it dawned on me, sat in a warm puddle, that such situations are indeed being pushed on vulnerable people who are already depressed may actually feel that their future is really that limited. What do we need to ensure that the departments answer gets suitable publicity?

[FitzWilliam]

Same here. My reaction was both and .

[worryingmore]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, both are equally appropriate. A brilliant letter, well written, and let's hope it hits a nerve.

 

Bring on the response, can't wait to read it

[bluetoffees]

this letter is brilliant - follow the link to Stu's webpage and then check out the videos on YouTube of his calls to various government departments.

[FitzWilliam]

Some more at this link:

 

http://www.abcofesa.co.uk/board/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=323&view=unread

[ptol]

Its the bit on the phone call when he asks about the euthanasia kits and is told "I think you have come through to the wrong department"....

 

....you mean there is a "right department"? that's even scarier!

[watchinginvestigation2010]

They probably have their own funeral parlor sideline with lurch on standby.