“Despite appearing to contradict national guidance from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), local jobcentre managers have refused requests from Citizens Advice Central Dorset to guarantee that no further demands of mental health inpatients will be made.”
This is no surprise. The government has spent a good decade engineering what should be public services to instead be a hostile environment for anyone wanting to access help and support.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/10/seriously-ill-mental-health-inpatients-told-to-attend-jobcentre-or-risk-losing-benefits
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