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Michael Gove suggests cutting child benefits if children miss school
06 March 2023 | News
... child may not be able to attend school. Outside of ill health and medical appointments, causes could also include ... "likely to be counter-productive". "It is very hard to see how consigning children to poverty and starvation will ... said: "Poorly informed and discriminatory punitive action does have a huge impact on parents of Disabled children. ...
Compensation for loss of severe disability premium through claiming Universal Credit
25 July 2019 | News
... have made provision for compensatory ‘transitional payments’ for those who were in receipt of the severe disability premium (SDP) as part of their’ legacy ... an additional amount in their UC award because of their health condition. The higher rate of the LCWRA component is ...
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion
23 November 2014 | News
... services, among other indicators. Key findings Poverty and disability The proportion of disabled people and their ... in poverty has fallen over the last ten years by around 5%, much more so than for those in families with no disabled member. However pensioners make up a greater share of disabled ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence publishes latest impact report
22 July 2019 | News
The report shows how NICE guidance might be making a difference in priority ... Leng, NICE’s Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Health and Social Care, has also published a blog in the Department of Health and Social Care newsletter where she shares her views ...
New report reviews York's blue badge ban
14 April 2023 | News
... students at York Law School. The research looked at how Disabled people had been banned from using their Blue ... The ban has taken an intense toll on the emotional and mental health of many disabled people, their friends and family and ...
MPs raise concerns over DWP death evidence ‘cover-up’
05 June 2023 | News
... into the death of Errol Graham . The documents would have shown that the DWP knew Errol had been experiencing significant mental distress just three years before his employment and ... claimants, particularly those with mental distress and ill health, and learning difficulties. The DWP has repeatedly ...
Extension of Blue Badge Scheme in England from 30 August 2019 to include those with hidden disabilities
01 September 2019 | News
... in England with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they can ... overwhelming psychological distress. Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK Kamran Mallick welcomed the widened ...
Psychiatric asbos don’t work says one of their chief advocates
14 April 2013 | News
... unnecessary This is what people with lived experience of mental health problems have been saying from the outset. Right now ... and control – or co-ercion? ] yet when those of us with mental health problems experience crises we are turned away ...
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 ...
Visits to care homes allowed under new guidance
03 December 2020 | News
... The changes apply to care home residents in all tiers. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: “The ... stage, with significant impacts on care home residents’ mental health, as well as the deteriorating impacts on those ... Find out how to get a test here. Visits to care homes allowed under ...