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Family of Errol Graham win judicial review challenge of DWP safeguarding policies
16 July 2020 | News
... capability assessment. He was known to suffer from serious mental health issues but in line with DWP safeguarding policies his ... DWP available from leighday.co.uk Also available from disabilityrightsuk.org: Stop Benefit Deaths campaign ...
Claiming Funeral Expenses Payment to be made easier
22 January 2018 | News
... Kit Malthouse has announced changes to Funeral Expenses Payments from spring 2018. View DWP press release The ... will include: allowing recipients of a Funeral Expenses Payment to receive contributions from relatives, friends or charities without them being deducted from the payment extending the claim period from 3 to 6 months from ...
LAs unsure if care providers pay minimum wage
08 April 2015 | News
... don’t know if social care providers in their area pay the national minimum wage, according to the Local ... if they knew whether or not providers in their area were paying care staff the minimum wage and, if not, when they ... LAs unsure if care providers pay minimum wage ...
MP Calls for Disabled Inclusive Business Industrial Strategy
26 October 2017 | News
... from all backgrounds. People who have disabilities have as much to offer as someone without a disability. We should treat them as such and our policies ...
Academy trust to bus disabled children to poorer school
30 May 2016 | News
... because of ‘limited resources’. Read Guardian article Disability Rights UK says: “Disabled students should have as much say over which school they go to as non-disabled ...
Highly unlikely that 69 suicide cases DWP has investigated in the past six years represents the number of cases it could have investigated
06 February 2020 | News
... providers, doctors and the police; and the Department does not have a robust record of cases investigated before ... were the cause of the suicide, but instead scrutinise departmental processes and “identify recommendations for change ... , leaving him without any income. "This new NAO briefing shows yet again that the DWP is failing in its safeguarding ...
Children’s residential care provider to close 28 homes in one week
04 May 2023 | News
... is especially true for children with learning disabilities, mental health distress or neurodiversity – where changes can ...
No Voice Unheard, No Rights Ignored response
17 November 2015 | News
Government responds to the Department of Health consultation: ‘No Voice Unheard, No Rights ... services to people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health conditions In our response to the consultation we ...
Almost two-thirds of working age benefit claimants reported financial strain during first wave of Covid 19: new research report
22 February 2021 | News
... living and the amount of benefit they received. Findings showed that almost 60% of new benefit claimants and 43% of ... held up through the first wave of the pandemic, but fundamental issues remain in terms of the adequacy of payment ... of Covid-19: new Inclusion London research report Key health and care bodies say keeping and extending the £20 ...
90 year old unlawfully deprived of liberty
22 January 2015 | News
... in breaching man's human rights and failing to comply with Mental Capacity Act, says judge In May 2013, Essex Council ... moved a 90 year old man, who has dementia and other health problems, into a care home against his wishes. The ... of the Mental Capacity Act. See more about this decision Disability Rights UK has previously expressed concerns ...