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‘Finding the right people to support me’ - recruiting/getting personal assistants: Free 22 July webinar
15 July 2020 | News
... who support people who have personal budgets and personal health budgets in recruiting personal assistants (PAs) and hear from people and families on how they recruit for themselves and their loved ones and the ...
Scottish carers consultation
22 January 2014 | News
... seeks the views of carers, young carers, local authorities, health boards and the Third Sector on proposed legislative ... in the design of carer’s support For more information on how to respond and to download the consultation go to ...
Call on Government to tackle employment discrimination
21 October 2021 | News
Call on Government to tackle employment discrimination A Disability Employment Charter has been launched, supported by disability organisations, trade unions and academics. The ... and non-disabled people. There is also a 19.6% disability pay gap. The pandemic has seen Disabled workers ...
Committee papers on Mike Penning PIP progress quiz
23 January 2014 | News
... progress with the introduction of Personal Independence Payment for new claimants and the timetable for “natural reassessment” of existing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants, which began in ...
We say end over 65s PIP assessments
06 July 2014 | News
DR UK calls for end to automatic PIP assessment for over 65s Disability Rights UK, along with Age UK and Parkinson’s ... people is that they will lose their higher mobility DLA payments as the test for the higher PIP mobility rates is ...
Disability hate crime links
10 October 2022 | Resource
... towards that person, or to cause them physical harm. disability hate crime network The network aims to be ... is based on the information publicly available from Governmental, Inter-Governmental and Non-Governmental ... provides information about hate crime or incidents and how to report it. Their website includes an online reporting ...
Personalisation now independent living lite
05 November 2013 | News
... of disabled people for independent living but we need to pay attention to its future as well. The full article can be ...
Report highlights human rights homecare concerns
09 October 2013 | News
... those with dementia) and an unfounded belief that health and safety restrictions prevent care workers ... them. Little attention to older people’s choices about how and when their home care is delivered. Risks to personal ...
Bedroom Tax challenge goes to Supreme Court
11 January 2015 | News
Philip Connolly, policy officer at Disability Rights UK, said it was “mystifying” why ... justified and therefore lawful because discretionary payments are available to cover HB losses as a result of the ...
DHP human rights case approved
26 January 2014 | News
... review into Sandwell local authority’s decision to take Disability Living Allowance (DLA) into account when ... whether people should also receive Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP). Irwin Mitchell’s argument is that the council’s policy amounts to disability discrimination and a breach of British human ...