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How Much Do I Pay My Personal Assistant?
15 April 2025 | Resource
... payment recipient, you must ensure that your PA does not get an hourly rate below the national minimum wage ... support your journey to independent living. BACK TO START How Much Do I Pay My Personal Assistant? ...
WCA assessors: How much training?
21 September 2014 | News
... length and type of training for work capability assessment Health Care Professionals (HCPs) The request asked: Length of Training Course given to HCP for Physical and Mental illnesses(i.e Chronic Pain Syndrome, Aggressive ... furnishing us with this useful information. WCA assessors: How much training? ...
Service user involvement and payments: how they affect benefits
07 December 2022 | Resource
... and further information Introduction The guide does not attempt to answer all of the questions you might ... involvement as distinct from employment in this guide. However, for some people, involvement can be a stepping ... expenses will be covered by the organisation set out how much they will be offering to pay for different involvement ...
Minister says Universal Credit designed to encourage disabled people to take up education – but doesn’t explain how
22 August 2017 | News
... their student finance with ESA to pay for their extra disability related costs and attend colleges and universities away from their home. However, unlike ESA, Universal credit does not automatically treat disabled students in receipt of ...
Trans and Disability Justice: How Are Our Struggles Linked?
17 April 2025 | News
... to question who deserves access to bodily autonomy and who doesn’t, it becomes a deathly game. A game Disabled people ... other oppressed communities, the resources needed to live healthily and to take care of pre-existing impairments are ... of violent street attacks on Trans people. Just like how many toilets throughout the country are not accessible ...
Addressing Health Inequalities Within Breast Screening
06 February 2024 | News
... for breast cancer. But the current screening programme doesn’t give everyone who’s eligible a fair chance to ... including people with a learning disability, people with mental health conditions, and people with mobility or ... and non-binary people Existing NHS England guidance on how to improve uptake in specific underserved groups looks ...
How Does It Feel To Be Assessed?
05 December 2016 | News
... of need within the modern welfare state. Download How Does It Feel To Be Assessed? What should be a respectful ... in the light of the Government's ongoing attack on disability rights. The research highlights the need to pay ...
BAME groups’ mental health worse during pandemic
14 July 2020 | News
A survey of over 14,000 adults by the mental health charity Mind has revealed that existing ... as lockdown is lifted and life starts to return to normal. However, problems with housing, employment and finances will likely last for much longer and become worse as the emergency government ...
DWP’s ‘failing assessment system is increasing poverty and worsening mental health’
27 June 2022 | News
... is increasing disability poverty and worsening claimants’ mental health, the Disability News Service reports. Professor Ben ... some of the very high costs that people face, but it doesn’t come close to covering them”. Dr Baumberg Geiger ...
What The Rising Energy Bills Means For Disabled People: Calling For An Energy Social Tariff
23 August 2024 | News
... will mean for Disabled people. What are the solutions? How will this new Government prove they are not committed to ... pay for energy. Your energy bill is still based on how much gas and electricity you use, because the Ofgem ... millions of homes – making families better off” doesn’t go far enough and doesn’t say enough. It ...