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Report highlights issue of negativity towards Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
... avoided using public transport and socialising 13% avoided health and social care settings after experiencing negative ... in attitudes in the workplace and in public services. Disability organisations warned a decade ago that some ... is truly appalling that 13% of Disabled people even avoid health and social care services because of discrimination ...
DR UK reviews the Opportunity for All essay collection
11 September 2017 | News
... transforming employment for disabled people and those with health conditions Download Opportunity for All Read Evan ... All , provides perspectives from eleven leading thinkers in disability, health and employment. The event was attended by ... about the importance of peer support in employment and how the government scheme Access to Work can provide a ...
Local welfare assistance scheme policy guidance
08 December 2014 | News
... staff manuals and training materials on the CPAG website, much of it never before available to the general public. ...
Why the £20 week UC uplift must be kept and extended to legacy benefits: new JRF briefing
03 December 2020 | News
... same quality of life as a non-disabled person (even after disability benefits designed to meet those extra costs have ... bills; taxis and higher insurance costs. The new briefing shows why it's essential to make this same uplift to people ... answer is clearly yes - so the £20 increase should also be payable to them.” The JRF briefing The financial impact of ...
Your chance to contribute to the NHS new equality standard for disabled staff
28 September 2016 | News
... face discrimination from 2018, as part of a new Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), proposed by NHS ... people with lived experience of disability or long-term health conditions is a major asset: these staff can draw on their own experiences to show understanding, empathy and role modelling to people ...
New EHRC report says prospects for disabled people have worsened
24 October 2018 | News
... in Great Britain, covering 6 areas of life: education, health, living standards, justice and personal security, ... many areas of life. Commenting on the report, Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK said: “The EHRC’s comprehensive ...
Ministers say thank you for all responses to the Improving Lives green paper
22 March 2017 | News
Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health & Work and Nicola Blackwood MP, Minister for Public ... to this Green Paper, examining ways of halving the disability employment gap. We would like to thank those ... have heard during the consultation and will be considering how we can best work to transform the employment prospects ...
Government’s New Guidance: Make Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles More Accessible
21 November 2023 | News
... welcomes this new best practice guidance, particularly the much greater emphasis on making taxi and PHV services more ... rapid reduction in the 38% of authorities that do not make disability awareness training mandatory for drivers. “We ... a door to door service is required. 28 years after the Disability Discrimination Act, accessible taxis and mini ...
Half of DLA claimants lose their higher mobility rate support on moving to PIP
03 July 2017 | News
A Freedom of Information Act response to DR UK shows that half of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in ... were refused it on their moving to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). DWP’s FOI response We first requested the ...
Social security and tax reforms have hit disabled people in Scotland the hardest says EHRC
20 March 2019 | News
... 2010 changes in public spending on other services such as health, education and social care since 2010 The EHRC ... by increasing spending on in-kind public services such as health, social care, education and public housing. The EHRC ...