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Potential legal challenges over dishonest PIP assessments
13 May 2018 | News
... legal cases on behalf of PIP claimants who believe that the Health Care Professionals who carried out their face-to-face ... months and wants to consider legal action, can contact the Disability News Service (DNS) – with some brief details ... Pring by phone (weekdays only: 01635 228907) or email: john@disabilitynewsservice.com DNS has been investigating claims ...
Young Disabled people tell Minister what’s wrong with employment support
17 June 2021 | News
... to Justin Tomlinson, Minister for Disabled People, about how employment support needs to change. The meeting, organised by Disability Rights UK was held in the lead up to the Government’s soon to be published Green Paper on disability, benefits and work. The Minister wanted to hear ...
Attitudes to disabled people since Paralympics
08 July 2014 | News
... training at the rate of 100 placements every working day. Disability Rights UK's Taking Control of Employment ... called for urgent action and after the Olympic Park showed what was possible. For more on this see ... a useful counter to this press release. Read together they show that there is still some way to go in changing attitudes ...
We are looking for disabled ambassadors or champions
08 June 2016 | News
Making disability an asset in the NHS: Ambassadors or champions ... even as a vehicle for newly diagnosed patients to explore how one can get the best out of life with and despite of a ... things around. We want to invest in peer modelling to 'make disability an asset in the NHS' (acting as exemplar ...
Report into Magistrates’ Courts reveals shocking levels of inaccessibility for Disabled Magistrates
21 June 2023 | News
... shocking reading. It lays bare the low priority given to disability equality by the Ministry of Justice and His ... by disabled magistrates. Twenty eight years after the Disability Discrimination Act, this level of disregard for ... people who visit the courts, this is not its focus. However, it’s apparent that disabled defendants, witnesses ...
Charities demand restoration of benefits value
16 March 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK is a signatory to this letter, ... and pensioners, disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, in- and out-of-work families, and those ... Geraldine Blake Chief executive, Community Links Howard Sinclair Chief executive, St Mungos Broadway Sir ...
Digitisation of justice system risks forcing out disabled people
17 June 2020 | News
... throughout trials. We know that under the social model of disability, if changes are made which put the needs of ... to recognise impairments and their impact, or to understand how adjustments can be made. Read the full report (PDF): ...
'Memories' storms the indie charts and supports Disability Rights UK
24 April 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK is honoured to have been chosen by ... as a high quality download with all the proceeds going to Disability Rights UK. If you'd like to know more about ... If you'd like to know more about Disability Rights UK and how you can support us, please email ...
Everyone Can survey on leisure sector provision for disabled people
04 December 2018 | News
... campaign led by Sport England, ukactive and several leading disability organisations. Everyone Can would like to change ... CEO’s etc. The aim of the survey is to learn more about how the Leisure Sector currently provide for disabled ...
Disability Unit fails to provide adequate offline consultation help
26 January 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK is seeking urgent clarification from the government’s Disability Unit about how Disabled people who are offline can respond to its ...