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Lack of detail is delaying the social care green paper
15 April 2019 | News
... proposals, Sue Bott, director of policy and development at Disability Rights UK, said some of the proposals discussed ... as we could, which was strange because we didn’t know much about the detail. “The people who are suffering ...
Disabled peoples problems accessing primary care
12 March 2015 | News
A new Healthwatch England report says disabled people face major ... exists to serve people living with health conditions or disability. Primary care services that get access right will ... the law to treat someone less favourably on grounds of disability or fail to take reasonable steps to ensure ...
No indication of bedroom tax evictions says Minister
13 May 2013 | News
... additional funding if the planned discretionary housing payments funding is insufficient to prevent evictions as a ... are no current plans to increase discretionary housing payment funding. There are no indications that evictions ... the removal of the spare room subsidy. The Department has however commissioned a consortium led by Ipsos MORI to ...
Social care faces Coronavirus and immigration ‘perfect storm’
10 March 2020 | News
... outside the EU. The Office for National Statistics figures show an estimated 110,000 current vacancies in the sector. ... be barred from recruiting overseas workers for jobs that pay less than £25,600 a year. The average salary for care ... see an increase in care needs for those with underlying health conditions at the same time as an increase in key ...
Students and Universal Credit
10 June 2013 | News
... a couple where both are students); is disabled, entitled to disability living allowance or personal independence payment and satisfies the work capability assessment; is ...
PIP claims by terminal ill cancer patients being rejected
23 October 2017 | News
... had their PIP claims rejected in the last year, reports the Disability News Service . All the decisions were later ... dishonesty he was witnessing, but he said no-one had been paying any attention to what he was saying. The council’s ... so far heard from more than 250 PIP claimants who say that healthcare professionals from government contractors Atos ...
Living Wage risks catastrophic collapse of care
19 August 2015 | News
... In a letter to Chancellor George Osbourne, Four Seasons Health Care, BUPA, HC-One, Care UK and Barchester say ... the care home industry, said: "Without adequate funding to pay for the National Living Wage, the care sector is at ...
Benefit Essentials with Disability Rights UK and CPAG - May 2023
23 February 2023 | Event
... gain an understanding of the social security system, learn how to help disabled people maximise their income, and get ... keep your advice current and accurate 10% discount on the Disability Rights Handbook (print and online) Access to ... Disability benefits for disabled people and those with health conditions that affect their everyday lives ...
Benefit Essentials with Disability Rights UK and CPAG - April 2024
14 March 2023 | Event
... gain an understanding of the social security system, learn how to help disabled people maximise their income, and get ... keep your advice current and accurate 10% discount on the Disability Rights Handbook (print and online) Access to ... Disability benefits for disabled people and those with health conditions that affect their everyday lives ...
Benefit Essentials with Disability Rights UK and CPAG - October 2023
14 March 2023 | Event
... gain an understanding of the social security system, learn how to help disabled people maximise their income, and get ... keep your advice current and accurate 10% discount on the Disability Rights Handbook (print and online) Access to ... Disability benefits for disabled people and those with health conditions that affect their everyday lives ...