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Unity Law PolledOut campaign
06 May 2015 | News
... highlights the challenges of voting if you have physical or mental disabilities, and aims to demonstrate that there are ...
Disability Rights UK attends Climate Change event in London
26 April 2023 | News
... there to campaign on the issue around Climate Change and Disability. Also in attendance were representatives from ... in the context of longer-term climatic and environmental change, and even the UN have acknowledged that people ... impacts of climate change – including threats to their health, food security, water, sanitation, and livelihood. ...
Deaths prompt call for learning disabled adults to get named care coordinators
27 October 2015 | News
... to be given a named care coordinator and have their health and social care needs jointly reviewed at least once ... surrounding two patient deaths Sue Bott Deputy CEO of Disability Rights UK says: “It will take more than the ... to seeing all disabled people and people with long-term health conditions as people with a right to reach our ...
We want to know about reasonable adjustments in hospitals
01 September 2016 | News
DR UK partners with the Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies, University of Bristol on a major ... three-year study. One strand is doing some research about how hospitals in England make changes, or ‘reasonable ... that disabled people are not disadvantaged when accessing healthcare. Examples of reasonable adjustments include: ...
Celebrating Human Rights Day 2018: What we can offer
09 December 2018 | News
... vain for progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt Disability Rights UK prides itself on its commitment to ... of Persons with Disabilities Our manifesto on what the disability rights sector should be seeking from a post-EU UK ... Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: What does it mean for you? Been discriminated against? Need help? ...
Tackling Obesity Strategy – accessible to all?
26 July 2020 | News
... in a bid to beat coronavirus and protect our National Health Service. The "Better Health" campaign by Public ... accessible to everyone. Official statistics from 2018-19 showed a clear link between obesity and deprivation - people ... condition related to obesity. We therefore need to question how widely accessible and affordable a healthy lifestyle is. ...
DR UK congratulates our Chair on being awarded an OBE
06 January 2019 | News
... He is also Chair of the Board of Trustees at charity Disability Rights UK . Mr Stevens said: “To be appointed ... from Martin’s attention and advocacy. The first is how the quality of life of a person with MS is closely ... should have access to effective medicines, treatment and healthcare – an aim which the global MSIF movement is now ...
Children with Special Education Needs and Disability Abandoned by Schools during Lockdown
28 July 2020 | News
... risk assessment guidance during the lockdown. A new report shows the extent to which children with Education, Health and Care Plans and their families have been neglected ... Jungle website . Children with Special Education Needs and Disability Abandoned by Schools during Lockdown ...
Our view on Govt plans to see more disabled people in work
29 November 2017 | News
Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability. Read Government's statement Link to white paper ... Lives’ strategy, Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “There are many principles to ...
MPs hold WCA evidence session
10 June 2014 | News
... CBE, Benefits Director James Bolton, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing Directorate Iain Walsh, Deputy ... Key concerns about the delivery of the WCA by Atos, and how these issues may be resolved with the new provider The ... The witnesses were: Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director, ...