“My life has been hell because I’ve never grieved for my mum,” Michelle, whose mother lived in Dundee, told the Mirror. Grandmother-of-one Christine's GP managed to send off a DS1500 form - used to fast-track benefits for the terminally ill - on August 13 that year. When the department replied to the DS1500 form on September 13, there was no immediate reprieve. Instead the DWP told Michelle in a letter seen by the Mirror: "We’ve recently received form DS1500 for you. While she does not know Christine's exact weight when she died, she estimated it was about three and a half stone.

Source: Daily Mirror June 08, 2021 23:01 UTC