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Two-thirds of frontline DWP staff don’t have enough time to handle safeguarding concerns carefully and correctly
21 June 2024 | News
... part, including hundreds who work in job centres. They show that: 67% of DWP staff who had direct contact with ... has a duty to safeguard “vulnerable people”, and if it does not, whether it should. Only last month , the DWP ... the hands of work coaches . “This could only endanger the health, safety and wellbeing of disabled claimants. ...
The Leadership Academy is recruiting delegates now!
15 November 2016 | News
... Link to video explaining more about the programme A fundamental tenet of Disability Rights UK’s attitude to leadership is that ... People with lived experience of disability and long term health conditions, need to work differently, and often think ...
Poorest hit hardest by tax, social security and public spending reforms, Equality and Human Rights Commission reveals
16 November 2017 | News
... on this report, Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report makes for grim ... changes since 2010. We have to come up with a system which doesn’t penalise people for being disabled.” David ... work for some time, but sadly they have refused. We have shown that it is possible to carry out cumulative impact ...
We demand Bristol Council withdraw draft plans to remove the right to at-home care
19 September 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK have slammed plans to remove the rights ... those of us from this group more often can’t afford to pay privately for carers, so rely more on social care ... have a human right to access support services and have as much choice and control over our lives as others, with equal ...
95% of Atos and Capita PIP medical assessment reports unquestioned by DWP
09 August 2018 | News
New figures show that DWP Decision Makers are questioning only a tiny ... medical assessment reports. The statistics were obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) through a freedom of ... as to inaccuracy and omissions by Atos and Capita Health Care assessors have continually been made since PIP ...
Universal Credit budget reforms: too little to late
30 October 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK responds to Budget 2018 Despite the ... which advances will be recovered, from 12 to 16 months. However, while these changes may be positive all are subject ... with 48% finding it difficult to provide evidence for health conditions. It also found that only 1 in 3 of those ...
Centring Young Disabled People's Voices: DR UK's 2024 Conference!
27 November 2024 | News
For this year's annual Disability Rights UK conference, we focused on the theme of young Disabled people's voices and how to create a more representative, intersectional movement. Read on to learn more about how the event went, with all the speeches uploaded down ...
Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care
19 May 2021 | News
... long term issues that severely weakened the foundations of health and care, which meant the country was not better ... the shelf on which it sits. Covid has highlighted how so many vital services have smashed to the floor in the ... Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care ...
New Personal Independence Payment Case Law Pack
01 April 2019 | News
... most comprehensive text books on the Personal Independence Payment regulations and case law. Order your advance copy It ... any organisation providing advice on Personal Independence Payment. The publication will contain a summary of key Personal Independence Payment case law which has developed since its introduction ...
MPs call for complete ESA redesign
22 July 2014 | News
... Committee sees the purpose of ESA as helping claimants with health conditions and disabilities to move into employment ... First Report of Session 2014–15 demands a fundamental ‘end to end’ redesign of ESA to make it fit this ... to be in place to assess what these support needs are and how they can best be provided. When we put this point to DWP ...