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Liz Sayce attends Disability Employment Conference
17 July 2013 | News
Disability Employment Conference - Working Together This ... to create the partnerships to help all employers become disability confident. The conference is co-hosted by the ... Channel 4 You can follow the conference on twitter using #disabilityconfident. You can also view live streaming and ...
Transport Secretary pledges to improve disabled passengers’ journeys
01 March 2020 | News
... everyone’s journey’ advertising campaign to highlight how we can all play a part in making public transport ... the campaign will encourage everyone to reflect on how common, and often unconscious, behaviours can impact ... accessibility.” Department for Transport research has shown that behaviours that make public transport a daunting ...
Disabled man dies due to lack of food during lockdown
24 June 2020 | News
... plight while seeking the opinions of leading disability charities, including Disability Rights UK, about ... has been “cynicism and a suspicion that people are somehow trying to work the system by somehow declaring a ... Other issues raised included inequalities in access to health care, reductions in social care, and inadequate ...
NHS hospitals fail to investigate most deaths of inpatients with learning disabilities
20 December 2015 | News
Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is facing calls for a nationwide inquiry ... released to the Guardian under freedom of information laws show that hospitals in England have investigated just 209 out ...
LAP year three graduation video
04 July 2017 | News
... improve the employment position of employees living with a health condition or disability, whilst providing employers with access to a ... in signing up for LAP go to www.disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/leadership Twitter: @LapDRUK LAP year three ...
DR UK holds seminar on inclusive apprenticeships and skills development
17 October 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK held an Inclusive Apprenticeships and ... This free seminar was intended to broaden understanding of how to overcome barriers to progression into work experience ... for people living with a range of impairments and health conditions. It explored ways to address changes in ...
DR UK finds out about co-production in action!
11 July 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK attended a Co-Production Festival last ... Care Institute of Excellence). We heard great examples of how users of services are being involved in designing, ... It was a great chance to meet colleagues across different health and social care setting to see how they were ...
Disability APPG Chair criticises new Strategy
27 July 2021 | News
The Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Dr Lisa Cameron MP has joined Disabled People's ... to improving the lives of people with disabilities. "However, over the last 16 months, I have met with countless ... If the government can’t get the small details right, how can we expect them to deliver convincingly on the bigger ...
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2018
05 October 2018 | News
... Day explains: “Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood and is also one of the least ... tell about ‘what they did with their day’. This issue does not just revolve around the stereotypical definitions ... and the very real potential of those living with CP. To show your support, visit World CP Day website worldcpday.org ...
New Kings Fund Report Highlights Lack of Government Action on Social Care
13 March 2024 | News
... that is under intense pressure. The trends for 2022/23 show that: Financial eligibility continues to ... Kings Fund report authors note that whilst the latest data does show a slight increase in the number of adults receiving ...