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I was talking to a friend and she newly diagnosed and she said the diabetes nurse had been very good explaining certain things and exlained sickdays at work my sister is diabetic and has been unwell and gone to work as they are very strict with sickness have a silly scoring sytem if you are off and i just wondered if there is exceptional circumstances or new rules covered by the dda if sickness is related to diabetes also she refuses to do injection her husband and i do them or she would not bother can we claim care allowance
 
In my last job we were 'allowed' 8 days off self-certified a year.
That was introduced when people started phoning in sick after a heavy night on the beer mid-week. That was before I worked there. I got very stressed about it as I've got a nice big collection of medical problems :(

From what was said they just wanted to be able to react if they thought someone was taking the mick. If you had more than 8 days off sick they call you in and see what's going on. I don't know if they would consult a medically qualified person, or just the HR manager.

Where I work now, which is a bigger company with mangers who have descent management skills, we don't have many restrictions. For example, how many days off sick you can have on full pay.
 
libbyAPRIL said:
also she refuses to do injection her husband and i do them or she would not bother can we claim care allowance
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I realize its all too easy for me to sit here and comment about your sister but she really needs to seek immediate help with self injecting, its just not an option. You can not rely on other people to do this, there will come at least one time when you or her husband cant be there and she may not survive it !

I do know of older/ill or blind people who live in care homes, that have their injections done by nurses, but these people do not have the privilege of living a "normal" life.

Hope it all goes well and Good luck xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Sick day rules...

The DDA and the disabilty Act ensure that within in reason a company must accommodate the needs of a indivudaul disabilty...

For your firend this would be being allowed to work or breaks/meals times around her diabetic control... ensuring that she has access to her meter/insulin and what ever she uses to treat a hypo and with out restriction... That she is allowed to attend clinics and appointments as necessary... also that there which is concidered (by her mainly and in relations to health and saftey) a safe and clean envirnoment that she can inject if necessary...

The DDA, is a organisation that provides the relevant information concerning work/employment problems, they can advise you of all your options, can act as immediators and also help with any legal cases that might araise... Always worth a phone call if you think that a problem might araise...

It sounds as though your friend is pretty new to being a diabetic, (assumption, of not being able to inject) Which sounds as this can be having a impact of her ability to control her own diabetes her self... If her diabetes is uncontrolled then this would suggest that the time off sick is based around this lack of control ability...

I've worked for a company that worked this system, and in many ways it's the pits... If they are saying that her scoreing is bad and must improve and are hinting at sacking.... Well to sack her because of her diabetes would be difficult, more so if she is pretty new to diabetes and she can ask for assement via occupational health, and if she belongs to a union then she can ask for there involvment... I spent 3 1/2 years fighting against them trying to end my contract!

If your friend can be encouraged to seek the help that she needs so that she can take over all her diabetic control, she should find that her life will become a lot better, not just getting her indpendance back, which I'm sure she must despartly miss, but this should go a long way to enable her to achieve good control and a out come of less days off sick due to her diabetes...
 
Hi Libby,
for you or your sisters husband to recieve carers allowence, she herself will need to be in receipt of low rate care component of DLA. Hope this helps
Suzi x
 
Hi Libby,
Can't really add much to the good advice given by the others except to say the the DWP are a lot stricter these days about ensuring that claimants have a genuine need. I am pretty certain that you would need to prove that your sister is unable to inject because of physical or mental incapacity, not just because she doesn't want to.
 
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