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Child Disability Payment (Scotland)
23 April 2025 | Resource
... their needs. Revised and updated: 22nd April 2025 Contents Does your child qualify for CDP? When your child reaches the ... periods condition CDP residence and presence tests How much is CDP? How to claim CDP Keeping a diary Making use of ...
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 ...
DR UK says: Chancellor, we need rights not discretion
16 March 2023 | News
... people will have been shocked by the contents of the Health and Disability White Paper, as well as many Disabled ... People Organisations (DPOs), including ourselves. It does need to be stressed that all the proposed reforms ... others have long campaigned for the introduction of these. However, a major cause of concern is the scrapping of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ministers must eliminate conflict of interest within ‘troubled’ mental capacity proposals
01 November 2018 | News
... of their liberty. But there is no question that reform is much needed and a properly constructed Bill would be a ... about this Bill. It has highlighted the fact that the Bill does not meet the requirements of the European Convention on ... with the DHSC and Ministers and we welcome the interest shown by them at our meeting last week. We hope the many ...
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 ...
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 ...