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Survey: Accessing Cervical Screening (Smear Test) with a Physical Disability
20 March 2019 | News
... is for women and people with a cervix with a physical disability or physically debilitating symptoms as a result of a long-term health condition. Go to survey We want to know about your ... attendance at an all-time low. For women with a physical disability there can be additional barriers and inequalities ...
Starship Technologies – developing services with disabled people
17 April 2018 | News
In 2017 Disability Rights UK began working with Starship ... are almost exclusively focused on home meal deliveries – however the organisation is interested in exploring wider ... services supplied by Starship robots but also to consider how else this technology can positively impact disabled ...
End no go areas for disabled people
20 January 2015 | News
... Commission will to be a 'top priority' of the new All-Party Disability Rights Group in the European Parliament, ... according to its newly elected Co-President Richard Howitt MEP. The British Labour Euro MP who is a former ... meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Richard Howitt MEP said: "Although I am proud of the progress we ...
Talking physical activity in Nottingham and more about mentoring
31 August 2017 | News
... We’ve been talking to Nottingham City Council and about how to make physical activity more inclusive for disabled ... to get on board. Stay tuned for a joint event with Disability Direct and Nottingham Coalition of Disabled ... given me more confidence and upskilled me. I’m fitter, healthier and have lost weight!” “Being a mentor helped ...
DR UK says scrapping continuous retesting for some ESA claimants a good first step
02 October 2016 | News
... repeated Work Capability Assessments (WCA). Sue Bott Disability Rights UK said: “We welcome the news that people with long-term health conditions will no longer have to go through repeated ... with progressive conditions through unnecessary stress. However what is really needed is a complete overhaul of ESA ...
I Can Make It: latest video
05 September 2016 | News
... Co-ordinator for I Can Make It, reflects on why he joined Disability Rights UK. Leo also makes his own case for why young people with disabilities and long term health conditions should join I Can Make It. Link to video I ... of champions from different cities throughout England. However we would like more champions to join us in the ...
Calls grow for changes to the Energy bill on Prepayment meters
10 May 2023 | News
... May, includes a ban on the forced transfer of homes onto prepayment meters (PPMs). The bill currently makes no provision ... and others who rely on powered medical equipment. However, many campaigning groups argue that new guidelines ... and campaigns officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign Group said: “The notoriety of ...
DWP announces regional workshop events
08 February 2020 | News
... wants “to hear directly from people with disabilities and health conditions who have had direct experience of the ... organisations that represent them. We want to hear about how we could improve our welfare and employment services in ... in Pontypridd (aimed at those with experience of claiming a disability benefit and a third event on 2 March in Wisbech ...
Govt response: Better working with disabled people
15 January 2014 | News
... members than when it was launched 7 years ago. You can view Disability Rights UK's response to the consultation here . ... and Pensions (DWP), in collaboration with the Department of Health (DH). It is intended that it will: Meet on a ... Identify items for practical delivery to pass on to the Disability Action Alliance (DAA) or delivery organisations; ...
DR UK praised for universal basic income analysis
16 April 2019 | News
... and workingfamilies.org.uk yields no results, while disabilityrightsuk.org does best with its round-up, 18 March 2019, of two new ...