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Darlington Association on Disability evaluation
06 May 2015 | News
... is now available. The Evaluation of this Department of Health funded innovation project demonstrates how peer support has an impact upon the lives of disabled ... DAD has always known that Peer Support is a fundamental pillar to enable independent living and empowers ...
Sport England helps disabled people access sport
03 December 2014 | News
... Sport England has today announced a new partnership with Disability Rights UK (DRUK) to increase the number of ... being active and playing sport, through working with health and social care professionals and sports providers. ... project with DRUK is designed to change thinking around how disabled people can take up and play more sport. The ...
Select committee access to work report
18 December 2014 | News
... it particularly hard to get jobs – such as those with mental health conditions, autism or people who are Deaf – seem to ... managed administrative changes. Money saved in the overall disability employment programme budget has not been poured ...
Office for Disability Issues moves to new Equalities Hub
31 October 2019 | News
From today (1 November 2019), the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has moved from the Department for ... "We welcome this move. It’s always been difficult to see how joined up government on disability issues could be ... from the DWP." The Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health, Justin Tomlinson MP, will remain within the DWP. ...
Labour Party disability and poverty review
20 May 2014 | News
Breaking the Link between Disability and Poverty: Report to the Labour Party by the ... support. better integration of employment support with health, social care and education services. that employment ... of work benefits should be better managed. exploration of how new flexibilities to address fluctuating conditions ...
Our response to proposals to transfer Attendance Allowance to councils
25 September 2016 | News
... longer available We therefore recommend that the government does not include AA among the list of responsibilities to be ... Fund which goes directly to local government to ensure that health and social care services work together to support ...
MPs publish report that aims "to take an axe to the root causes of destitution" in the UK
10 July 2019 | News
... and hungry”. The MPs recommend that: Universal Credit payments should begin within a week of registering for the ... people where they could lead to homelessness, worsening health outcomes, or where children or dependents are ... involved. People undergoing assessments for sickness and disability benefits should be seen, wherever possible, by ...
£450k announced to help patients have their say on health services
12 September 2018 | News
... practical and innovative ways to help patients improve health services has been announced. Read more The Building Health Partnerships programme has been awarded the money ... cohorts, and the first five STP/ICS areas will be: Frimley Health and Care Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria North ...
Safeguarding adults review slams ‘confused’ enquiry into learning-disabled men’s injuries
22 April 2018 | News
... fractures during the morning of 1 April 2015. Sussex Health Care, the company that runs Beech Lodge, has since ... were involved too late, it found, while allowing Sussex Health Care to take a lead role into determining events at ... had children been involved. “This case demonstrates how the approach to injuries inflicted on vulnerable adults ...
Government fails to restore disabled people’s rights
30 September 2020 | News
... rights of disabled children to education support. Over 100 disability and human rights organisations and over 500 ... joined by 28 peers, wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, asking for full Care ... care under any circumstances. It is a dire indication of how this government, on the verge of releasing its National ...