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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, ...
Self-employed? Disabled? We want to interview you
02 June 2016 | News
... as a means of more successfully accommodating their disability than employment. We are interested in capturing ... the difficulties you encountered in employment and how these have been managed better in self-employment. Is ... and filmed about your experiences? Contact Philip.Connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org Self-employed? Disabled? We want to ...
MPs debate WCA: Govt says no change
05 February 2015 | News
... Begg (Lab) called on the Government to “undertake a fundamental redesign of the whole ESA process from end to end to ... that the benefit’s main purpose—helping claimants with health conditions and disabilities to move into employment ... new start to address the problems our report identified. However, it is important to remember that the DWP makes the ...
Local authorities withdrawing buses
11 January 2015 | News
... New research carried out by Campaign for Better Transport shows that since 2010, local authority funding for bus ... which recognise the vital social, economic and environmental role buses play. The challenge for this and future ... bus passes, helping to tackle social isolation, encouraging healthy active lives, and contributing to local and national ...
Disabled women over 11 times more likely to die of Coronavirus
18 June 2020 | News
... analysis from 2 March to 15 May compares the deaths with disability statuses recorded in the last census (2011). The ... amounted to a cull upon our community. “These statistics show that disabled people have understandably been living in ... their activity back in 2011 may have developed a long-term health condition over the past nine years or that existing ...
Two new Get Yourself Active blogs
10 February 2016 | News
... Yourself Active Project Manager Leanne Wightman, explains how health and wellbeing is fast becoming a key consideration ... organisations across the voluntary and statutory sector, in health, social care and sport and that we now have a chance ...
More meetings and preparations for I Can Make It
09 February 2017 | News
... at the University of Oxford as part of the 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize-Giving Ceremony. Hannah presented ... ‘the long-term goals of the I Can Make It campaign and how they fit in with the government’s promises to halve to ... to join us! So if you are 18-29, have a disability or health condition and live in Manchester, Norfolk and ...
DWP help with benefits if you have accessibility needs
05 May 2020 | News
Gov.uk has published information on getting how the DWP can help if you have difficulties claiming benefits because of a disability or health condition. The new web page is to be regularly ...
Supreme Court grants permission to appeal in case of Jacqueline Maguire
02 March 2022 | News
... 2 ECHR extends to those that are vulnerable and lack the mental capacity to make decisions regarding their care and ...
Minister admits confusion caused by integrated PIP and ESA assessment announcement
25 April 2019 | News
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson has said “there is a bit ... people apply for both benefits at a similar point in time. However, for the very few people who do, it might make sense ... capability assessment itself must be the subject of fundamental reform. Any assessment for support must be able to ...