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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DWP admits Access to Work is overwhelmed by workload but rejects meeting
24 August 2022 | News
... concerns in a regular meeting with the Cabinet Office’s disability unit, the DWP said it was recruiting and training ... up work are now treated as a priority, the department said. However, DWP does not have a public briefing to share and does not ...
We demand proactive EHRC on disability rights
11 July 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK challenges the Equality and Human ... to miss out on education, skills and work, and having much less choice over our day to day lives. We do not ... Where the commission has done useful pieces of work on disability equality - for instance very positive formal ...
It’s Time To “Stop the Witch-Hunt” Against Flexible Working, Says Coalition of Unions and Equality Campaigners
07 October 2024 | News
... recent weeks, we have seen relentless scaremongering about how new legislation on flexible working will harm UK ... at our public services. In the midst of a staffing crisis, health, education and social care workers are leaving due to ... to attack the government’s wider plan to Make Work Pay. It’s time we called it out. “Improving access ...
Care and Support Alliance Responds to Spending Review
03 September 2019 | News
... spending this autumn, as many had warned was likely. “However, the care system is in such bad shape that this new ... of sick and disabled adults, older people in declining health and family carers, and for our many dedicated paid ... its pledges.” Sue Bott, Head of Policy and Research at Disability Rights UK said: “Accepting that the Government ...
Ex-Health Minister denies responsibility for contaminated blood scandal
27 July 2021 | News
... which were found to be contaminated during his time as Health Minister. Around 3,000 people, many Disabled, died ... and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s. Lord Clarke was the Health Minister between 1982 and 1985. He said information ... treatments patients were given. The Inquiry continues. Ex-Health Minister denies responsibility for contaminated blood ...
Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
17 December 2024 | News
... court in London heard a legal challenge that aims to expose how the last Conservative government used a “sham ... to try to push through “cataclysmic” cuts to disability benefits of nearly £3 billion over four years. ... make the same overall level of savings but has yet to say how it will do this and if it will implement the WCA cuts. ...