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IFS paper on disability benefit trends
21 May 2015 | News
The changing characteristics of UK disability benefit recipients This Institute for Fiscal ... proportion of disability benefit claims being primarily for mental and behavioural health reasons has steadily increased between 1999 and 2014. ...
Right to ask for personal health budgets
02 April 2014 | News
People with complex health care needs now have the ‘right to ask’ for a personal health budget. The scheme is being rolled out across the ... over the country. They give people more independence over how their healthcare money is spent, be that on carers to ...
Long Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from the workforce
04 May 2022 | News
... for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report warns that deep health inequalities and ineffective policies mean people are ... to staying in, and thriving, in the workplace. The report shows that over a million workers are missing from the ... such as long Covid, disruption to healthcare and declining mental health, resulting in an £8 billion economic downturn ...
Ofgem issued ‘urgent’ warning by Ed Miliband
19 February 2025 | News
The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), co-led by ... high, leading to Disabled people and carers experiencing health damaging effects, during the current low ... severe illness due to weakened immune systems, and we must pay for electricity to run essential medical and mobility ...
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 ...
NHS financial sustainability dependent on spending review says NAO
17 January 2019 | News
... financial sustainability of the NHS. The previous reports showed that financial problems in the NHS were ongoing. Health Trusts continually needed extra money to keep the ... This report covers 2017-18. It says the current position does not look sustainable. However, the long-term plan for ...
Health and care services urged to improve engagement with Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
The King’s Fund and Disability Rights UK have published a new report: ‘Towards a new partnership between disabled people and health and care services: getting our voices heard’ . ... face poorer experiences of – and worse access to – health and care services than people who aren’t disabled ...
A human rights agenda from people living with health conditions or disability
28 March 2017 | News
... 2017. Read blog She points out that our report to the UN shows evidence of retrogression across some Articles of the ... A human rights agenda from people living with health conditions or disability ...
Election of single-figure disabled MPs 'disappointing'
16 December 2019 | News
... for this General Election. “The level of debate about disability rights was minimal during the election campaign ... them to these commitments and arguing for them to go much further to secure our rights.” “DRUK will ... our support needs met, giving us choice and control over how we live our lives.” Election of single-figure disabled ...
What makes our Leadership Academy Programme so different?
16 January 2018 | News
... with lived experience of disability and/or long term health conditions. This programme has been recognised by ... fears and reservations, enhances current skills and how to approach and overcome obstacles and identifies ways ... on diversity and to ensure that they have disability very much addressed as a part of their good practice. To find ...