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Youth Committee mental health service enquiry
25 June 2015 | News
What changes would you like to see to mental health services for young people? How can social media be used to raise awareness? The 2015 ...
Grenfell measures slammed by Disability groups
10 February 2021 | News
... the £3.5 billion becoming a lottery, and that the funding doesn’t cover flammable balconies, and missing ... place evacuation plans for Disabled people, and highlighted how the funding will only be given to buildings which are ... of Disabled people at risk. It is seriously affecting the mental health of Disabled leaseholders, forcing people to ...
Reform urgently needed to social security and employment support for people with mental health problems: new research report
05 November 2020 | News
... Scotland and the wider UK “do not effectively recognise mental health” a new University of Glasgow research report has ... security system and people with mental health problems need much more support without the fear of losing entitlement. ...
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 ...
What Next for Disabled People Living In The Dark? The Need For An Energy Tariff by Dan White
01 February 2024 | News
... who require additional energy to heat their homes for health reasons, use more hot water for baths and laundry, ... Government no backbone or moral fibre. The proposal for the much-demanded energy social tariff has been quietly dumped ... the household that can top up the meter due to physical or mental incapacity, are exempt, but the memories of bailiffs ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...