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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A quiet August for I Can Make It so expect a lot from us in September
31 August 2017 | News
Not many updates from us in August. However, we’ve been working on a lot of different things ... to employment such as long-term worklessness, disability, mental health issues, being ex-offenders or ex-service personnel, ...
Disabled People Still Facing Mask Discrimination – DR UK writes to Chair of Police Chiefs Council
14 January 2021 | News
... proving they are exempt from wearing face coverings. Disability Rights UK has joined with Big Brother Watch, ... if they did not wear a mask. A recent Department of Health campaign stated: "you should never challenge anyone ... are exempt from wearing face coverings, due to physical or mental conditions. “Disabled people who can't wear face ...
Disabled consumers being failed by shoddy customer service, Which? warns
06 December 2023 | News
... understand where companies are failing their customers and how firms can improve. A Which? survey with 732 panel ... Mary Sutherland moved to a new property which had a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) energy meter installed by SSE. As Mary ... was told I had to ring up, which I struggle with due to my disability.” Companies failing to contact Disabled ...
Further austerity will cause more avoidable deaths of Disabled people, warns DPOs coalition
16 November 2022 | News
... left to cut.” The DPO Forum includes DPOs such as: Disability Rights UK Inclusion London Disabled People ... deterioration of people’s quality of life, physical and mental wellbeing and the loss of lives. “We are calling on the Government to show strategic leadership and compassion and protect Disabled ...
A £150 lump sum cost of living payment cannot match double digit inflation, says DR UK
22 September 2022 | News
... disabled people in the UK will receive their one-off £150 disability Cost of Living payment from 20 September, Those being paid a qualifying disability benefit will be paid automatically from 20 ...
Our response to the Litchfield review
12 December 2013 | News
... by section 10 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007. While Disability Rights UK welcomes some of the review’s ... poor standard of medical assessments carried out by Atos Healthcare Professionals. Instead, he advises that DWP ... Decision Makers is clearly too low. We believe, more fundamentally, that tinkering with the WCA will not make it work ...
The welfare safety net is not fit for purpose says Work and Pensions Committee
30 July 2019 | News
... is difficult to avoid concluding that the Department simply does not understand the impact of its reforms on some of the ... survey of the additional costs of disability and long-term health conditions. In addition, it stresses that this should ... lost around £1,200 per year due to welfare reform. However, the report is also important as it makes a series ...