What are you all up to
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There are a few benefits which automatically entitle the recipient to a B/B, but largely it is assessed on physical ability. The more evidence you attach, the better. Screenshots from the NHS app make good supporting evidence.
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We applied for a BB soon after Mil came out of hospital. It was an easy process mainly due to the Stroke Support Unit providing documentation stating her limited walking capability. This was rubber stamped straightaway and we had the BB for her within the week. No benefits taken into account, which was good as she doesn't get any.
I do recall, a few years ago, one of our near neighbours, a lovely old farmer who had had Strokes and Heart Attacks and used mobility scooters to get around, re-applying for his badge. He was asked to attend at the local council offices and they were sited on the first floor without a lift. So anyone making it to the office was denied a badge. His daughter accompanied him that day and made the administrator come down stairs to see him. She wrote to the council and press and the system was changed. It was quite some time ago.
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I applied online for OH's Blue Badge. There was quite a lot of 'backwards and forwards' with them wanting various bits of information but there was at no time any mention of benefits which was lucky as we don't get any. I think the fact that he was waiting for the operation on his back swung it in his favour. I sent all that info to them. I am not sure what will happen when it comes up for renewal as he has now had the operation but his mobility is still not good. Also he needs to be able to open the car door to it's fullest extent to be able to get out of the car which he can't do in most spaces in a car park. We shall see what happens in 18 months time. I might get one of the GPs at our surgery to give us some help this time if they will.
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Is anyone else fed up of sitting in the dark ?…for the last 3 days we have not seen the sun, in fact we have barely had any day light, and today is just cold & miserable, and the solar panels have been generating less than 1kw per day, but we have had to have lights on indoors so that we can see and the central heating is struggling to maintain a temp of 21 degs, OH suffers from raynauds disease, so although she sits wrapped in one of those electric throws, she still needs an ambient temp of 20 - 22 degs.
Our Spanish daughter was cycling in 19 degs yesterday and clear blue skies, Oh! how I wish sometimes that we had taken the plunge and emigrated to Spain or maybe Cyprus, but way back we always looked at things like our health going forward and said to ourselves how we would miss our World Beating NHS having had things like new knees in double quick time, how things have changed, now you go to A&E to possibly die on a trolley in a corridor, but, have to say the NHS has looked after us so far in our hours of need, but only 2 years ago when OH was in hospital in the universtity hospital of Cartagena I did look on in wonder at how much better the overall service/conditions were compared to the UK, and i read on here the difficulties people are now having to get what we have essentially paid for over a period of time, even our blue badge took 3 months to be approved, by the time it arrived we did not really need it but was advised to keep it, in the meantime the caravan sits on the hard standing next to the bungalow, only been used as a guest bedroom since last September and no chance of it moving until May time due to other committments, oh! and the weather, afraid to say these days sitting in a field when it is freezing cold is not our idea of caravaning , gone are the days when we have had to shake the snow of the awning roof to get the door open, happy days 😁
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That looks like a wonderful tour @Takethedogalong. I so wish WW was nearer to us.
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I am not 'blaming' the NMW in any way at all @DavidKlyne and neither would the Cathedral. I just mentioned it as something that has to be considered in the general financial aspect of the Cathedral and also many other businesses.
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@Takethedogalong - brilliant - wish I'd been there to hear that. Good for your Dad🤣 Can't stop laughing!
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