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Our Commissioning a People Powered NHS response
21 May 2013 | News
... and measures outlining ‘why’ involvement is necessary. However, with the case studies very much reduced in substance (and shifted to Annex E) an ... time address some of the concerns that the current guidance does not sufficiently respond to health inequalities and ...
Calls for IPSO to introduce rigorous guidance for writing about disability
07 March 2023 | News
... to ensure that there is proper, rigorous guidance for how the media talks about Disabled people and chronic health conditions. The Independent Press Standards ... their conditions I can’t explain the untold damage it does. “These narratives also don’t ask why so many ...
Pre-budget Statement From Disability Poverty Campaign Group
16 October 2024 | News
... run but risk costing more overall – as well as being fundamentally unjust, such as the move to means-test the Winter ... generate ‘solutions’ that do not work. Studies have shown, for example, that sanctioning social security ... to strengthen some areas of equalities legislation, does not mention Disabled people or the specific challenges ...
Government dismisses Work and Pensions Committee UC reform proposals “out of hand” and “simply ignored” others
13 January 2021 | News
... allowance (around £288 for a single person over 25). However, in its response, the Government says that there is ... has chosen to keep households in the dark over whether this much-needed lifeline will continue. We are not alone in ... and a worsening of people’s health, in particular their mental health (85%) and again, most worryingly driving ...
“Misleading”, “rushed”, and “unfair” consultation on work capability assessment reforms declared unlawful – an important victory for Disabled people
16 January 2025 | News
... market, without providing any evidence at all to explain how this purported aim would be met. A consultation that ... strong impact on those with pre-existing, significant mental health conditions and suicidal ideation, and that the ... ruling, we call on the Government to clearly state it does intend to pursue the last administration’s unlawful ...
06 Strategic partner updates July 2015
07 July 2015 | News
... commissioning. For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... impact on professionals and on what they are doing? How does this happen? Maybe your DPULO is already involved with ... 'everyday' social problems and disadvantage. It contains much sought-after data on the prevalence of mental health ...
Disabled student launches legal action for the right to be able to claim Universal Credit
28 June 2020 | News
... aged 22, from Halifax, suffers severe sight impairment and mental health difficulties. As a student in full time higher ... to universal credit. She has a student loan but this does not even cover the cost of her tuition fees and rental ... the work capability assessment under the DWP’s policy. However, if Sidra had been assessed as having limited ...
1.6 Million Disabled Pensioners Set To Lose Winter Fuel Payments
17 September 2024 | News
... The new rules were voted thorough by MPs on 10 September. However, the Government only published three days afterwards ... forced to switch off heating or deciding not to charge health-related or mobility equipment. The Prime Minister ... know that it will not - housing benefit receipt alone does not bring entitlement to the WFP. Making such a ...
No progress since 2016 on "grave and systemic" violations of Disabled people's rights - UN report says
25 April 2024 | News
... on the Rights of Disabled People has published their much anticipated report on the UK Government’s ... lead to avoidable deaths. The UN’s report highlighted how at least 600 Disabled people have died at the hands of ... speak for themselves. The story never ends - but neither does the fightback. Disabled people won’t be just victims, ...
BBC highlights unfair PIP cut for disabled people in hospital
02 November 2022 | News
... and muscle spasms and is fed through a tube. He has the mental age of a baby of around six months old. The case was ... to double provision of funding from the public purse. “However, this is disingenuous as the blanket rule simply does not reflect the reality of situations such as that of ...