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Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨RubberDuck@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/03/wes-streeting-orders-review-of-mental-health-diagnoses-as-benefit-claims-soar

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  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Thousands of people feel hopeless and desperate. I don’t so I guess they’re just making it up. Take away their income so they die one way or another”

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  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I.e. all those people claiming “depression” and “anxiety disorder” and “ADHD” are just malingerers who need a kick up the arse.

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    • Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “I feel nothing, so why do you?”

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  • nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    the beatings will continue until morale improves.

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  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wes Streeting wouldn’t know compassion if it buggered him

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  • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wes Streeting should review himself instead because this level of callousness probably warrants a mental health diagnosis of some sort.

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