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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
40% fear challenge without face masks - DR UK survey
17 June 2020 | News
... coverings on public transport, according to a new survey by Disability Rights UK. Nearly 40% of respondents said that ... wear a face covering. Just under half of these said that mental health conditions and breathing impairments would prevent ...
Congratulations to Leo Capella comedy king
21 November 2017 | News
... the Nell of Old Drury , Covent Garden and raised money for Disability Rights UK. Leo says: “clever projects led by ... need money... ...aside from being my work place DR UK does a lot of clever projects that helps disabled people be ... in different ways that deserves cash to continue.” We at Disability Rights UK know that Leo is being modest and from ...
Complaining about local authority decisions
07 October 2022 | Resource
... assessments residential care assessments This factsheet does not cover complaints about decisions on housing benefit ... If you don't know the name of your councillor or MP or how to contact them you can find out from your local library ... Social Services Act 1970 the Secretary of State for Health has the power to step in where a local authority ...