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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Discretionary Payments funding reduced by £40m
01 February 2015 | News
Government funding for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for the tax year 2015 to 2016 will be £125 ... reduction of £40 million this year. DHPs have been used to pay those who have fallen victim to the bedroom tax. A ... more information see HB Circular S1/2015 . Discretionary Payments funding reduced by £40m ...
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 ...
Two-fifths of older adults in psychiatric wards got COVID
14 October 2020 | News
... Psychiatry claims that 15% of infected patients in the mental health wards died from the illness. The increased mortality ... looked at data from all 344 hospital patients across five mental health trusts in London aged over 65 or with young ...
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 ...
DR UK statement on the new Government
13 July 2016 | News
... it misses out on people’s talents and contributions. It doesn’t need to be that way. We want, quite simply, ... our workplaces. That would benefit individuals living with disability or health conditions, our families, our communities and the UK ...