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DR UK on Radio 5 Live: Attitudes to disabled people
23 February 2016 | News
... programme was about public attitudes to disabled people and how we can improve them. Link to the programme Stephen ... into the broadcast. Stephen said that people now see disability but nobody has the faintest idea of understanding ... walking aids. Although the use of walking aids obviously does not affect his ability to understand a question, ...
NHS Test and Trace system risks failure without adequate sick pay, says TUC
09 September 2020 | News
... system risks failure unless ministers boost Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and ensure everyone is eligible for it. The ... new survey - carried out for the TUC by BritainThinks – shows that two-fifths (43%) of workers would be unable to pay ... benefits system unfit for purpose, says TUC available from disabilityrightsuk.org. NHS Test and Trace system risks ...
‘Isolated, alone, forgotten’ – DR UK shielding survey reveals huge sense of lack of safety and neglect
11 June 2020 | News
... advice on shielding. The limited list of impairments and health conditions produced by the government has left people ... a total lack of support to help disabled people boost their mental health and improve access to socialisation through ... afford digital technologies, and have not had training in how to use them. Such technologies have been transformative ...
Suicide rates record high amongst 15-19 year olds
06 October 2022 | News
... highest ever number of referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Figures to date show the number of under 18s needing NHS treatment is 23 per ...
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%) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Education and Training Jargon Buster
27 June 2024 | Resource
There is a lot of jargon related to disability and health conditions. Here is a list with some of the common ... stressful or uncomfortable, find it hard to understand how other people think or feel, get anxious or upset about ... defines a person as disabled if they have: “a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term ...
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: ...
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 ...