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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 ...
Universal Credit: progress update report
24 February 2015 | News
... must establish more robust and costed contingency plans for how it would handle further delays in the digital service, ... service for this role. The Department needs to reflect on how it will tackle the potential problems of paying the housing benefit element of Universal Credit ...
DBC PIP 20m consultation response
05 August 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK fed into this response to the PIP 20m ... again on the mobility criteria for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). While we recognise that throughout the ... referred to as the ‘reliability criteria’). However, while this is a positive step, we are deeply ...
Exciting Funding Opportunity for Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs)!
25 July 2023 | News
... Opportunity for London Communities The NHS Legacy and Health Equity Partnership (LHEP) and the Greater London ... support community organisations. This initiative addresses health inequity and healthcare exclusion. The grants, ... welcomed. To assist you in the application process, Disability Rights UK will organise a virtual application ...
TransPennine Express to run rail services with no wheelchair spaces
30 May 2018 | News
... If two consecutive trains are inaccessible, TPE will pay for a taxi to their destination. The use of these ... on the network ahead of the introduction of new trains. Disability Rights UK condemns TransPennine Express and ... citizens on public transport. Last week we highlighted how Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) instructed staff not ...
Disabled people are relying on crowdfunding to get wheelchairs
26 June 2017 | News
Disabled people are having to rely on crowdfunding to pay for wheelchairs due to cuts in services, a postcode ...
Joint inquiry into Northern Ireland’s welfare policy launched
11 April 2019 | News
... differing levels of welfare entitlement in the long term? How well is Universal Credit working in Northern Ireland? ... Credit paid at a different frequency or with split payments? What is the impact of the two-child limit on ... for this? What level of deductions do tenants face to pay back arrears? The closing date for submissions is Friday ...
DWP employing disabled people guidance
20 July 2014 | News
Employing disabled people and people with health conditions This guidance is intended to help ...
University of East Anglia demands ILF rethink
23 June 2015 | News
Disability experts from the University of East Anglia (UEA) ... The first, ‘Closure of the Independent Living Fund: how is it affecting the users?’, shows that the ILF transfer, scheduled for the end of June, ...