📩 SWANK Dispatch: My GP Wrote a Letter. She Gave Me a Deadline.
🗓️ 29 February 2024
Filed Under: safeguarding escalation, disability discrimination, Samira Issa misconduct, meeting coercion, RBKC abuse of process, GP medical letter ignored, lawful request dismissed, legal threat dismissed, mapping form exploitation
“If you won’t delay the meeting,
you need to explain —
in writing —
why you’re ignoring medical advice.”
— Polly Chromatic, speaking for herself when her health couldn’t
This brief but decisive letter from Polly Chromatic to Samira Issa follows legal and clinical advice. It demands two things:
That Samira fill out her own Mapping Document section first, as required
That the upcoming meeting be postponed due to a documented medical crisis, including treatment and aftercare needs confirmed by her GP
Polly’s lawyer clearly advised that if the meeting cannot be delayed, Samira is required to provide a written explanation — both for legal purposes and so Polly can inform her medical team.
📎 SWANK Commentary
This is what institutional cruelty looks like:
You give them a doctor’s note — they give you a deadline.
You give them legal advice — they give you silence.
You offer structure — they punish autonomy.
When illness becomes proof of non-compliance,
you are no longer a parent.
You are a case file to be processed —
urgently.