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DR UK wants true reporting on WCA
04 February 2014 | News
... total and it didn’t include a further breakdown to show that many people had stopped their claim because they ... tell us how you got here today The test is conducted by health care professionals – this masks the fact that ... may and indeed are making assessments of peoples mental health For many impairment groups there is no concept ...
Video hearings to be made available for Social Security and Child Support Tribunals
28 June 2020 | News
... hearings in all SSCS Tribunal regions. The decision as to how a hearing is conducted is a matter for the judge who ... for many others, who say have a learning disability or a mental health issue or need the advice and support of a ...
Impact of a no deal Brexit on health and social care evidence session
17 September 2018 | News
The Health and Social Care Committee will be holding an evidence ... medicines, medical devices or substances of human origin. How effectively stakeholders are planning for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. How effectively they consider the Government is planning for ...
DWP staff fail in two-fifths of cases to meet new standards aimed at preventing claimant deaths
24 June 2024 | News
... or take their own lives. DNS has previously reported how DWP staff had to be repeatedly reminded what to do when ... that it has safeguards in place to protect them, including mental health training for all frontline staff. Ken Butler DR ...
Benefit Sanctions More Likely For Black and Minority Ethnic Claimants
17 September 2024 | News
... to extreme hardship, including food bank use , poor mental and physical health and financial debt. Black and minority ethnic benefit ... and ethnic minority communities.” These disparities show clear evidence of structural racism, and this level of ...
Discretionary Housing Payment High court victory
21 April 2015 | News
A local authority's decision to take the care component of disability living allowance (DLA) into account when assessing discretionary housing payments (DHPs) was unlawful, the High Court has said The ... DHP awards. In addition, the DWP has confirmed to Disability Rights UK that it is reviewing its DHP Guidance ...
Damning new MP report calls for end to long-term incarceration of people with autism and learning disabilities
15 July 2021 | News
... have been made off the back of a new report by the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee. The failure to ... “as if their condition is an illness instead of a fundamental part of their identity… The tragic result of this ... fatal misunderstanding is that they often do then develop mental or physical illnesses which are used to justify their ...
DR UK responds to housing consultations
24 August 2022 | News
... the UK provide features that are accessible. And research shows that more than 400,000 wheelchair users in England live ... removing legal recourse for renters. Mikey Erhardt, at Disability Rights UK said, "We need to see new regulations ... measures are needed to protect tenants. We are paying too much to live in dangerous, inaccessible homes, and the ...
SSAC consult on alleged ESA loophole closure
07 December 2014 | News
... to make a successful repeat claim for benefit unless their health has deteriorated or changed. ESA will not be paid to ... off opportunities for exploitation by a determined few. However, we want to look more closely at whether these ... and how. For example, some of those affected may have mental health or fluctuating conditions with no intention of ...
Data Protection Bill Proposes “Wholly Unnecessary” Surveillance Measures That Are A “Disproportionate Violation” Of Benefit Claimants Privacy
16 January 2024 | News
... and safeguards, making it more difficult for people to know how their data is being used, how decisions affecting them ... benefits for no good reason, resulting in the inability to pay heating bills, purchase medical supplies, or afford ... of members of the public, with disproportionate detrimental impact upon people in the welfare system and ...