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DWP deny work capability assessments to disabled students
23 May 2017 | News
... for work and entitled to ESA if they receive DLA or PIP. However, a disabled student must not only receive DLA or PIP ... Adviser said: “We are concerned that the UC system does not allow a disabled student to be assessed as to their ... examples, please send to our student helpline students@disabilityrightsuk.org . DWP deny work capability ...
CQC report highlights postcode lottery amidst mostly good quality of care
10 October 2018 | News
... the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of health and social care in England. Read report and summary ... in England receive a good quality of care. Its ratings show that quality overall has been largely maintained from ... require improvement (37%) 3% were rated inadequate (3%) NHS mental health core services 8% were rated outstanding (6%) ...
Children with learning difficulties and autism treated horrifically, finds Government report
31 October 2019 | News
... difficulties and/or autism are treated in detention in mental health facilities. Its damning report paints a 'grim ... distraught families. The recent BBC Panorama programme showing taunting and abuse of patients at Whorlton Hall ...
Government set to double the number of work coaches in jobcentres by March 2021
07 July 2020 | News
... increasing the number of disabled people in employment. The disability employment gap remains high, with disabled people ... lower than that of non-disabled people. It’s not clear how effective even a doubling work coach numbers will be ... to see how generic work coaches with limited knowledge of health and disability and the huge barriers disabled people ...
DR UK and allies write to Prime Minister about "ongoing assault on Disabled people's rights"
08 May 2024 | News
... Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Choices and Rights Disability Coalition, Disabled Peoples Action Group - ... Director, The William Gomes Podcast, Reclaim the Agenda, Mental Health Independent Support Team, Wiltshire Centre for ...
Our response to two consultations on the voluntary sector role in health and care
30 November 2015 | News
... to determine the future of voluntary sector involvement in health and care. The first consultation called for ... views on the current state of partnership working, and how closer collaboration could be fostered. The second ... partnership’ suite of grants. View consultation documents Disability Rights UK sent the following responses: ...
Appeal granted against court judgment excluding disabled students from universal credit
17 August 2022 | News
... assessment and established a limited capability for work. However, permission to appeal the High Court judgment has ... are not able to supplement their income with UC. “UC does not duplicate student finance as the DWP seeks to ... UC regulations. But other types of awards that cover extra disability-related costs are rightly excluded as deductible ...
Human Rights Watch to visit UK to gather evidence on institutional abuse
05 October 2023 | News
... gather evidence. The team will have a focus on people with mental health issues and learning disabilities as HRW has become ... high death rates have been exposed by the UK press and by disability charities in recent months. The visit comes just ...
Invest In Disabled People, DR UK Tells Chancellor
25 October 2024 | News
... past 14 years we have experienced: lower social security payments alongside hostile benefit processes; reductions in vital services and support such as social care, health and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND; disproportionate hardship and death during ...
Scottish Government announces rent freeze
06 September 2022 | News
... citizens from the cost-of-living crisis. Mikey Erhardt from Disability Rights UK said: "Nicola Sturgeon's plans will ... crisis currently unfolding. Disabled renters are already paying too much to live in dangerous, inaccessible homes. The ...