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Radical reform of benefits assessments for those with mental health problems essential, says Mind
15 March 2023 | News
Getting the right benefits can help those of us with a mental health problem to live with independence and dignity. This ... experience of the benefits system being at the heart of how to improve it. It says that the Government should: ...
Social Care Reform; improving Disabled people’s lives
22 June 2021 | News
... Understanding current and future needs When the NHS does not have enough resources to meet the needs it ... Bell - MIND Lyn Venables Dean Ben Reed - Equal Lives Liz Howard Madeleine Kingston - Labour Disabilities Group Laura ... learning disabilities and/or autism [4] The picture of how much individuals are asked to pay for their care is ...
New Energy Price Cap Announced
25 August 2023 | News
... The new energy cap, which is being put in place to limit how much suppliers can charge households for each unit of gas ... by Disabled people with higher energy use due to health conditions and or the use of mobility and health ...
Demand for children’s mental health support three times beyond capacity
23 June 2021 | News
Projections from the Centre for Mental Health, involving NHS economists, suggest demand for child ... De Souza said a survey of over half a million children shows that mental health is their biggest concern. She said: ...
DR UK’s Template Submission To The PIP Green Paper Consultation
10 July 2024 | News
... extensive and personal independence payment (PIP) reform. However, it was clear that the proposals were predicated on ... the PIP consultation. We would hope and ask that it does so. However, given that this is uncertain, DR UK ... The Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability Green Paper is available from ...
Queen’s Speech fails to deliver on social care, democracy, building and employment
11 May 2021 | News
... The Elections Integrity Bill will require voters to show photographic proof of identity when voting in elections. ... Hadi said: “The Government has yet to fully grasp why much stronger M-Regs – the rules which say how accessible ... New-build, affordable modern housing is often small, doesn’t allow for manoeuvrability of wheelchairs and ...
Councils overcharging tens of thousands of disabled people who are severely mentally impaired
03 October 2017 | News
... entitled to a 25% council tax discount due to their poor mental health could be missing out, with a massive variation in ... impaired (SMI) discount correctly told the 'applicant' how to make a claim, vs just 5% of the councils with the ...
Pushed to the Edge: Poverty, food banks and mental health
08 March 2022 | News
... the impact of poverty and food bank use on people's mental health. The report, Pushed to the Edge, is based on in-depth ... led them to turn to a food bank were complex and personal. However, he also stresses it was clear that the underlying ...
“Under strain” – the real causes of the rise in working-age disability and incapacity benefits spending
26 June 2024 | News
... to work or incur additional costs. This is a task as much for the NHS, wider public services, and employers – ... from the past, and seek to design a benefits system that does not create more problems than it solves. In recent ... benefits have been hit, some of that pressure has shown up as rising claims for health-related benefits which ...
DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
28 May 2024 | News
... The tribunal refers three times in its judgement to how Mr. Rimmer’s experience of repeated failures by the ... discrimination, the tribunal concluded, it damaged his “mental wellbeing, whether by frustration or upset or ... and I hope things will change more widely. “I hope it doesn’t just change at Leeds but that the DWP look more ...