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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 ...
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 ...
New Radicals 2018: Making a difference for disabled people
16 September 2018 | News
... Centre - Equal opportunities for minorities with mental illness We Can Make - Accessible housing Sophie ... - Understanding autism Jane Douthwaite - Improving healthcare Ivor Williams - Improvements to end-of-life care ... and banks. Mytime – Providing breaks for carers Disrupt Disability - Designing wheelchairs with a difference New ...
Prepayment meters, the hopeful end of a energy nightmare.
03 February 2023 | News
... for the right reason. Yesterday the Times exposed what many disability campaigners already knew, that energy firms and ... in their homes, equipment that maintains and prolongs a healthy existence. I also touched on why Disabled ... discombobulated by the firms’ actions under their watch. However, be it a campaign like ours or another, the fact ...
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, ...
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 ...
New report suggests Govt should refocus work priorities for disabled people
02 May 2016 | News
... through when making their claim. The report in relation to disability The report challenges the need for the Government ... road to full employment: what the journey looks like and how to make progress - recommended that the government ... minimising employment exit connected to disability and ill-health. In 2014-15 1.8 million 18-69 year olds were ...
DR UK says Staffordshire County Council action on DoLS disgusting
02 April 2019 | News
... by the deputy leader of the Council, Alan White, that it doesn’t matter because ‘no one has suffered an injustice, no one’s health or life has been put at risk’ demonstrates how little the Council cares if citizens in its area are ...
London Health Commission care delivery enquiry
05 February 2014 | News
The London Health Commission is asking patients and the public, other ... for Evidence. You are asked to share your views with on how to improve health and healthcare in the capital. In particular: • ... to Monday 10 February 2014. For more information on how to respond go to ...
Mark Harper new Minister for Disabled People
15 July 2014 | News
... Parliament to scrap archaic laws debarring people with mental health problems from being MPs (if sectioned), company ...