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Name	Your Story
lily	# Posted: 17 May 2009 05:15 Reply BUREAUCRATS' HELLISH TRIP FOR DISABLED WOMAN OFFICIALS acting on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions advised a 58-year-old disabled woman from Studley that the only way of her getting by public transport to a medical appointment they required her to attend in Coventry was by starting her journey more than 13 hours before she was due to be there. The hellish journey would have involved her setting off the previous evening and arriving in Coventry shortly before midnight—nine hours before her appointment. What makes the story so astonishing is that the officials sent the woman a detailed itinerary on a spreadsheet telling her which buses to catch, at what times and where to change. The stages of the journey were Studley to Alcester, Alcester to Stratford, Stratford to Leamington and Leamington to Coventry using four different bus companies—Midland Red, Johnsons of Henley, Stagecoach and Travel Coventry. The woman—who does not wish to be identified—was advised that her journey, initially on foot, would begin at 7.24pm and end in The Quadrant in Coventry at 11.46pm. Her appointment was at 8.45am the following day.
treborc	# Posted: 18 May 2009 07:07 Reply Well the fact is you can demand a home medical .

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