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DWP “hounded disabled woman for years” before her “starvation” death, papers show
22 September 2022 | News
... repeatedly failed by other public bodies, documents have shown, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. Sophia ... a 37 year old talented artist, who lived with significant mental distress and had a diagnosis of paranoid ... non-payment of rent. Although her family alerted her mental health team to the financial problems caused by the DWP ...
Why we should invest in independent living and empowerment
30 November 2015 | News
... in independent living and empowerment. Jane's speech – health creation [DRAFT TWO] My Lords, I would like to thank ... over your life it is stressful and leads to greater risk of mental and physical illness… Political if you have no ... they talk of the The recovery empowerment model which does not mean more psychiatrists and more beds. Instead, ...
CQC review of how NHS trusts investigate and learn from deaths
24 July 2016 | News
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is looking at how NHS acute, community healthcare and mental health trusts investigate deaths and learn from their ...
School bubbles to be popped, raising fears for Disabled children
05 July 2021 | News
... between ensuring that pupils are not disadvantaged with too much time off school, and recognising that there is still a ... the pandemic. A one size fits all ruling on bubbles does not mitigate this significant risk. “We are seeking ... urgent clarification from the Education Minister about how schools with pupils known to be clinically extremely ...
DWP makes few concessions on improving engagement with Disabled people
24 July 2022 | News
... that made a series of wide-ranging recommendations on how the DWP could improve its engagement with Disabled ... only two of its recommendations. The DWP, she said, does fully accept the following: DWP should make increasing ... rejected would make the way it engages with Disabled people much more and not less effective.” The DWP response: how ...
Lords votes to fail working age Disabled people over care charging
04 May 2022 | News
... of Lords has voted in favour of the current version of the Health and Social Care Bill, effectively voting against ... The reforms will introduce a lifetime cap of £86,000 on how much anyone needs to pay for social care. The government’s ...
Another winter, another energy crisis for Disabled people, another wall of silence from Government.
04 February 2025 | News
... not to mention multiple daily uses of washing machines and showers. All this costs, driving Disabled people into ... meaning a person with a terminal illness would be paying as much as £3,500 a year for energy. The report also ... both associated with higher needs for heating and health related equipment. It is extremely concerning that ...
Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a disabled person or lives with a disabled person
06 February 2020 | News
... fewer hours on average and are more likely to be low paid. However, the poverty rate is still higher for disabled ... to improve the numbers of disabled people in work, but much more action is needed by governments and employers if ... the disability benefit system is urgently needed. Not only does a reformed system need to provide better and reliable ...
Government announces series of reforms meant to improve lives of disabled people
24 June 2019 | News
... chief executive of Disability Rights UK said "There's much to be welcomed in the government's statement, especially the new cross governmental approach to disability. All government departments have a role to play when it comes to equality. "However, it has to lead to real change in disabled people's ...
Disability Rights UK on the impact of sanctions
12 January 2015 | News
... of benefit sanctions on January 7th MPs heard from us how more people on JSA are being sanctioned than finding a ... their own guidance on safeguarding leading to people with mental health conditions being suspended from benefit payments ...