NHS England cannot confirm that Royal Mail lost our HC2 certificate that was dispatched by them on 30 September and said they would send us another one yesterday
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Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population". Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
The above is a National Health Service (NHS) HC2 certificate (full help with health costs) issued to us by NHS England in October 2014 that was invalidated by use of the surname Heaven instead of Heavey!!
Are we back to problems with NHS England?
Paragraph 38 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
38. The Applicant and his wife have never been able to get the basic and reliable support they need from St. Mungo's TST. Newham Council has twice suspended the Applicant's Housing Benefit following erroneous notifications from the Department for Work and Pensions that he and his wife had vacated. The Applicant has even had difficulties securing their address from misconduct by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs staff, and despite several high-level complaints related in part to an unauthorised update to their address. It has been acknowledged by the GLA in court papers that the Applicant and his wife can live independently – they do not have addictions or mental illness or behavioural issues. Their needs are solely related to the harassment, discrimination, intimidation and victimisation they routinely face. They are extremely concerned that next year they will be forced to challenge a destabilising periodic tenancy, as opposed to fixed term, in a court action against St. Mungo's for dereliction of duty and violation of their human rights. This notwithstanding that it has become abundantly clear that they have been and continue to be deprived of satisfactory tenancy sustainment support. As the matter stands, therefore, there is a threat to life and wellbeing in this case considering the following range of factors as applicable:
(i) The Applicant has a history of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and other lung infections. Both he and his wife doubt he has the respiratory health to survive even another year or two on the streets. The Applicant is in his late fifties (58), and during their first period of homelessness, he was hospitalised with pneumonia in December 2006 and with a viral infection in October 2007. Near the end of their second period of homelessness, in April 2014, he was diagnosed with asthma as well as a chest infection (see para. 31 above).
(ii) Back on the streets the Applicant and his wife will be restricted to sleeping on night buses in all sorts of weather (money permitting), notwithstanding the Applicant's asthma and now increased susceptibility to respiratory disease. They were forced into this predicament prior to coming off the streets the second time because of an excessive use of force by police officers to move them out of where they were sleeping. This included the Applicant's wife being threatened with arrest on the trumped-up charge of assaulting a police officer (see paras. 31-32 above). Since the subsequent escalation of the migration crisis in Europe, the police have been given more powers to crack down on rough sleeping and need less to resort to unlawful measures.
(iii) Both the Applicant and his wife have serious concerns about the health care the Applicant has or has not received over the years from National Health Service (NHS) England. Prior to his hospitalisation with pneumonia in 2006, he lost consciousness while vomiting and could have easily died had his wife not been with him. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital discharged him 42 hours after admission whilst still unwell (into the shivering cold and dense fog), placing him at risk. The Applicant most recently complained to NHS England about emergency dental treatment he received in January 2018. He complained that he had a nerve removed from a tooth but was only prescribed antibiotics after the tooth had erupted within days of the treatment, the tooth itself being extracted a month to the day after the nerve had been removed. NHS England did not uphold any aspect of the Applicant's complaint.
12 July: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's highlighted
Paragraph 38 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
38. The Applicant and his wife have never been able to get the basic and reliable support they need from St. Mungo's TST. Newham Council has twice suspended the Applicant's Housing Benefit following erroneous notifications from the Department for Work and Pensions that he and his wife had vacated. The Applicant has even had difficulties securing their address from misconduct by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs staff, and despite several high-level complaints related in part to an unauthorised update to their address. It has been acknowledged by the GLA in court papers that the Applicant and his wife can live independently – they do not have addictions or mental illness or behavioural issues. Their needs are solely related to the harassment, discrimination, intimidation and victimisation they routinely face. They are extremely concerned that next year they will be forced to challenge a destabilising periodic tenancy, as opposed to fixed term, in a court action against St. Mungo's for dereliction of duty and violation of their human rights. This notwithstanding that it has become abundantly clear that they have been and continue to be deprived of satisfactory tenancy sustainment support. As the matter stands, therefore, there is a threat to life and wellbeing in this case considering the following range of factors as applicable:
(i) The Applicant has a history of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and other lung infections. Both he and his wife doubt he has the respiratory health to survive even another year or two on the streets. The Applicant is in his late fifties (58), and during their first period of homelessness, he was hospitalised with pneumonia in December 2006 and with a viral infection in October 2007. Near the end of their second period of homelessness, in April 2014, he was diagnosed with asthma as well as a chest infection (see para. 31 above).
(ii) Back on the streets the Applicant and his wife will be restricted to sleeping on night buses in all sorts of weather (money permitting), notwithstanding the Applicant's asthma and now increased susceptibility to respiratory disease. They were forced into this predicament prior to coming off the streets the second time because of an excessive use of force by police officers to move them out of where they were sleeping. This included the Applicant's wife being threatened with arrest on the trumped-up charge of assaulting a police officer (see paras. 31-32 above). Since the subsequent escalation of the migration crisis in Europe, the police have been given more powers to crack down on rough sleeping and need less to resort to unlawful measures.
(iii) Both the Applicant and his wife have serious concerns about the health care the Applicant has or has not received over the years from National Health Service (NHS) England. Prior to his hospitalisation with pneumonia in 2006, he lost consciousness while vomiting and could have easily died had his wife not been with him. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital discharged him 42 hours after admission whilst still unwell (into the shivering cold and dense fog), placing him at risk. The Applicant most recently complained to NHS England about emergency dental treatment he received in January 2018. He complained that he had a nerve removed from a tooth but was only prescribed antibiotics after the tooth had erupted within days of the treatment, the tooth itself being extracted a month to the day after the nerve had been removed. NHS England did not uphold any aspect of the Applicant's complaint.
12 July: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's highlighted
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