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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Inclusion Barnet DRILL report on effective peer support to mental health services
08 February 2018 | News
Inclusion Barnet have produced new research which reveals how to make peer support an effective addition to mental health services. Read press release View report – Peer ...
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 ...
The state of care in mental health services 2014 to 2017
19 July 2017 | News
... CQC's programme of comprehensive inspections of specialist mental health services. View report The report combines evidence ... rehabilitation wards’ Great variation between wards in how frequently staff use restrictive practices and physical ...
DWP doesn’t know which people can’t claim Universal Credit online
05 February 2019 | News
... request. Go to HuffPost UK HuffPost UK asked the DWP how many people didn’t make a Universal Credit claim ... The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) replied that it does not hold any information on the number of claimants not claiming online. DWP doesn’t know which people can’t claim Universal Credit ...
Govt ignores disabled people over PIP
22 October 2013 | News
... have which could cause a deterioration in physical and mental health. That the existing criteria would increase ... standard, repeatedly and within reasonable time period. However, they wanted to ensure that these were delivered ... used to measure mobility in other Government policies, it does not mean that it is the right distance for use in ...