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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 ...
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 ...
Adult social care in England: overview
13 March 2014 | News
... is important to understand this in the context of the wider healthcare system of acute and primary care. There are no ... changes radically. The report points out that government does not know if the limits of the capacity of the care ...
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 ...
Our response to the spending review
27 June 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK want to see social support that puts ... and so we welcome the Government has taken this step. “However our welcome is tempered on two fronts - firstly the ... the spending review, it would appear that the Government does not plan to widen access to the social care system from ...
DPO consortium calls for BBC not to push the Red Button service
19 January 2020 | News
... The National Federation of the Blind UK (NFBUK) and Disability Rights UK is calling on the BBC to keep its Red ... 2020; * Immediate clarification and public scrutiny on how the BBC came to the decision to switch off the BBC Red ... people, who are not online, or do not use the internet much and other groups of people who are important for these ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...