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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A New Strategy for Sport: Change of Approach event
08 May 2016 | News
... Horne from EFDS (now known as Activity Alliance) discussing how the sport sector can respond to this new approach. The ... Yourself Active website aimed at giving disabled people, health and social care staff and the sport sector ... of the first to take a look! Get Yourself Active is run by Disability Rights UK, in partnership with Sport England. A ...
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 ...
DR UK letter to Matt Hancock: Yew Tree hospital abuse
05 October 2020 | News
Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP 5th October 2020 Department of Health & Social Care Ministerial Correspondence and Public ... Tree Hospital I am writing to express the deep concern of Disability Rights UK at the latest example of violence and ... from institutions into the community. It is not clear how this money is being spent and how many people have now ...