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Compulsory meetings with health care professionals
08 July 2013 | News
... to have regular meetings with doctors, occupational health nurses and therapists to help them address their ... The regular discussions are intended to focus claimants on how they can improve their view of their readiness for work ... Disability Rights UK believes that compulsion should not be ...
Campaigners call on Government to provide more financial support to Disabled people
25 May 2023 | News
A parliamentary debate on Cost-of-Living payments for Disabled People recently took place, after over ... Rachel Curtis and Abigail Broomfield. The next government disability cost of living payment is again £150 and will be ... food, and medicine. To keep our homes warm, power essential health and mobility equipment, and meet the spiralling cost ...
Green Paper consultation is a “sham”: DR UK submission to Work and Pensions Committee
29 April 2025 | News
... to Work Green Paper which seeks to impose savage cuts to disability and health related benefits. Chair of the Committee Debbie ... bogus in relation to changes to personal independence payment (PIP) and universal credit (UC) by failing to ...
DWP announces first £301 2023/24 Cost of Living Payment date
03 April 2023 | News
... Pensions (DWP) has announced that a £301 cost of living payment will be paid for people claiming 25 April 2023 and ... the Household Support Fund . Disabled people on qualifying disability benefits will receive a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 during Summer ...
Disabled people fear budget announcements threaten independent living
15 March 2016 | News
In today’s Guardian disabled people say how today’s Budget announcements could be the ‘last ... Read article In the article Liz Sayce, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “It’s a false economy to ... We profoundly believe that disabled people have got so much to contribute to British society. But with the cuts to ...
Disabled people need human rights
11 August 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK is now part of the Equally Ours ... in different categories of need; or having support before a mental health crisis, to avoid any need to be compulsorily detained ...
Unions and campaigners call for government to improve flexible working rights
25 July 2023 | News
... a day one right to request flexible working for employees. However, the law does not go far enough in protecting flexible working, as it ... available to everyone – those of us who need it for our health, caring responsibilities or travelling commitments, ...
Strategic partner updates for June 2014
05 June 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... UK’s events and workplan (lead on commissioning ), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... is 24 July. Guidance published on patients’ choice in mental health care NHS England has published guidance for ...
Ombudsman finds against Essex Council’s decision not to allow Disability Related Expenses
23 June 2021 | News
... Care Ombudsman has found Essex County Council at fault in how it considered two separate women’s Disability Related Expenses (DREs). Court-Appointed Deputies ... incurs directly related to a disability when assessing how much they should contribute towards their care. The ...
Taking Charge: Practical help with disability all in one book
06 March 2017 | News
A practical guide to living with a disability or health condition If you have a physical or mental health condition, have just been given a ...