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Better Care Fund fails to deliver expected benefits for patients, the NHS or local authorities
07 February 2017 | News
Health and social care integration report. Read report The ... So far, benefits have fallen far short of plans, despite much effort. It will be important to learn from the ... plans.The Departments do not yet have the evidence to show that they can deliver their commitment to integrated ...
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: improving policies for welfare and work
26 April 2021 | News
... people in the UK”. The report is based on emancipatory disability research by the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project ... diagnosis, or through the catch-all term ‘long-term health conditions’. This report contends that people with ... for energy impairment, especially its key features of payback, reduced capacity and cognitive dysfunction. Energy ...
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 ...
Our Into Higher Education Guide has been updated
14 March 2023 | News
Into Higher Education is a guide for anyone with a health condition, learning difficulty or disability thinking about studying in higher education ... as whether colleges or universities will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available. ...
Public consultation on DSA changes says Govt
14 June 2015 | News
... allowance. This can provide support to students with mental health issues. In the academic year 2012-13, just over £127 ... such as mentors.” [ Hansard 11 Jun 2015 : Column 1436 ] Disability Rights UK had already noticed that more disabled ...
Supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
09 August 2018 | News
... home for those with learning and physical disabilities, mental ill-health and older people. Last year the Government had ... related support will be undertaken to better understand how housing and support currently fit together. For more ...
Elections Bill bad news for Disabled voters
21 September 2021 | News
... aims to fix the problem of fraud which many critics argue doesn’t exist, seeks to make photo ID mandatory for ... card or Blue Badge. The Cabinet Office’s own research shows nearly half of people without photo ID would be ...
MEPS pass EU copyright law
26 March 2019 | News
... 11 of the Bill would have required web publishers, such as Disability Rights UK and other charities, to pay a 'link tax' when posting snippets of news from other ... or GitHub are exempt from the Directive. The directive does not require the use of copyright filters but critics ...
DWP orders Jobcentres not to record foodbank referrals
09 August 2018 | News
... slip must not be referred to as a Foodbank Voucher.” However, some foodbanks have now started to treat signpost ... two-thirds of survey respondents indicated they had a health condition, and another 5% of respondents did not have ... of food bank using households included someone with a mental health condition; and compared to the profile of ...
Video and telephone welfare benefit appeal hearings and Disabled people: new research
05 December 2021 | News
... their benefits decisions at tribunals. The results showed that holding tribunals in this way can work for some Disabled people, but brings plenty of pitfalls and does not work for all. IPR’s most important recommendation ... clients hearing and being heard; Problems understanding how to join video sessions were also common and difficulty ...