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Personal Health Budgets and NHS Continuing Health Care
07 October 2022 | Resource
... the individual will receive continuing health care. However, you should receive written confirmation from the ... in hospital and classed under certain sections of the Mental Health Act receive their aftercare services free of ... a personal health budget, you should:- know upfront how much money you have available for healthcare and support, be ...
Disabled people make up nearly half of the most deprived working-age adults in the country
06 July 2022 | News
... of its key findings are: People on disability benefits have much higher rates of relative income poverty than ... working-age adults in general (29% versus 20% in 2019-20). However, this measure of poverty does not take into account the fact that those on disability ...
CQC says care system for patients with mental ill health, autism and learning disabilities not fit for purpose
20 May 2019 | News
... of restraint, segregation and prolonged seclusion in the health and care sector concludes that the current system as ... be examined, as well as that of children detained on mental health wards . The review identified 62 people in ... into the community. Director of Policy and Development at Disability Rights UK Sue Bott said: “This is a serious ...
Reports to the UN Committtee 2017
02 February 2017 | News
... its first periodic review of disabled people’s rights How well is the UK performing on disability rights? - EHRC ... and have introduced some policies that actually make things much worse. Examples are the 2008 expansion of compulsory ... UN for its shameful treatment of disabled people – but does the Government care? - Independent UK is not moving ...
DWP must explore how disabled people can easily participate in changing how it works, says Disability Benefit Consortium
13 April 2020 | News
The Disability Benefit Consortium (DBC) has responded to a ... Social Security Consortium (SSAC) research initiative into how the DWP engages with disabled people in formulating ... in the process as possible. The DWP should try to give as much time to respond to consultations as is possible. The ...
DWP spends almost £40 million contesting disabled people’s right to ESA
28 August 2017 | News
... that cost only refers to those incurred by the DWP and does not include the yet unverified money spent by the ... by The Independent under Freedom of Information law shows the Government then spent a further £17million ... and paramedics assess disabled people with have with mental health problems. Responding to the Independent, a DWP ...
Autumn 2024 Budget Summary: Key Policy Announcements relevant to Disabled people
31 October 2024 | News
... similar proposals to that of the Conservatives although it does not list much additional information and we will have to wait to see ... policy Health is devolved to Wales, no information yet on how this will work with devolution. There is a Senedd ...
Disabled people’s led organisations challenge government record
23 July 2020 | News
... in buying food, digital exclusion and deterioration of mental health. The letter calls on government to put ... Covid-19 was real for many people. For disabled people however, all of these issues were heightened, and the crisis ... at a time when news and advice was evolving fast and much of it was only accessible online. Living with all of ...
Atos pays £2,500 compensation for negligent PIP assessment only after visit from bailiffs
09 March 2021 | News
... assessment left her in debt and experiencing significant mental distress. Atos delivers its PIP assessment contracts ... depression and memory problems. She had told the nurse how she cannot manage her own medication, needs independent ... her bills, and becomes anxious when mixing with people she does not know. But despite the oral and written evidence she ...
Police restraint causes death of young man undergoing mental health treatment
09 May 2017 | News
... himself into Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, for mental health treatment on 31 August 2010. But, medical staff ... prescribed medication to disabled people?” This case shows how dangerous restraint can be. Police restraint causes ...