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Free prescriptions for long term conditions wanted
25 February 2014 | News
... clinical need. The Prescription Charges Coalition, of which Disability Rights UK is a member, is a group of 29 ... with three quarters of this group reporting that their health got worse as a result. 10% said that they ended up in ... indicate that prescription costs are impacting detrimentally on respondents’ medical conditions and quality of ...
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 ...
Employment contracts
15 April 2025 | Resource
... towards the cost of your support, or if you are a personal health budget (PHB) recipient and receiving funding from the NHS, you will be able to choose how the total sum of money is spent and take as much control over your care in a way that best suits you. ...
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 ...
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. ...
Tender Brief: DPO Support Hub Content Consultancy
29 June 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK are looking to contract several ... Fund that Disability Rights UK is a delivery partner for. However, this is proving very difficult, which we suspect is ... we will coordinate communication. Expected time and pay: Five days work per topic @ £450 per day Start date: ...
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 ...
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 ...