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Targeted Ten-Year Plan Needed For National Disability Strategy
06 December 2023 | News
... departmental actions with minimal strategic thinking behind how those actions interact”, the Committee said. The ... and poliices affecting them. “Ministers need to work much more proactively with Disabled groups and develop the ... actions in the NDS. The Committee said the Government does not include reference to its obligations under the ...
MP demands better into work support for disabled people
28 October 2013 | News
... for individualised support with employment for people with mental health problems and less coercion. In this Guardian ... sometimes people need a push to get back into work, she does not believe that this should be coercive or punitive. ... approach, Individual Placement and Support, which has been shown to work well for people with long-term and severe ...
The transition from being a Disabled child to becoming a Disabled adult by Emily Nicole Roberts
17 November 2023 | News
... peak. After all, disabled people didn ’ t usually achieve much at school did they? “ People like me” didn ’ t ... do, not what you can ’ t. Achieving things differently doesn ’ t diminish the achievement itself does it? You ... ITV National Diversity Awards and runs a YouTube channel, How Emily , to destigmatise disability. Originally posted ...
Conservative party manifesto fails to address disability inequality
12 June 2024 | News
... Manifesto. Unlike the Liberal Democrat manifesto launch however, there was no BSL interpreter present to relay ... cuts and working families, with a scattering of actions on health and disability; These included: An Increase in NHS ... provide better treatment and support for those with severe mental health needs in the first session of the next ...
Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry
17 January 2016 | News
... Public Accounts Committee holds a session on contracted out health and disability assessments on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at ... As the contracts covered are at different stages we examine how the Department has changed its approach to setting-up ...
People with mental health problems more at risk of losing benefits, says new study
21 January 2019 | News
Disabled people with mental health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity ... stopped than those with physical ailments, a new study shows. Those who have a psychiatric condition are 2.4 times ...
End Disability Hate Speech
02 June 2023 | News
... June 1st The Telegraph has promoted a calculator to access how much of our personal taxes goes towards benefits for ... When we can’t work it’s due to our impairments or health conditions, anyone can become Disabled and it can ...
Benefit changes and loneliness behind the growing deficit of mental health care
12 March 2019 | News
NHS Ptoviders report - Mental health services: Addressing the care deficit Read news item ... and conclusions of report Over half (59 per cent) of NHS mental health trusts took part in the survey featured in the ...
Energy companies let down Disabled people
24 November 2022 | News
... plan, agreed between the supplier and the customer. However, Citizens Advice found that some suppliers were ... in parts of the industry, we can see there is still much more to be done." Policy and Campaigns officer at DR ... enable Disabled customers to be fully supported or their health and wellbeing to be sufficiently safeguarded. Energy ...
DR UK Urges You To Oppose the Government’s Dangerous Cost-Cutting WCA reforms
19 October 2023 | News
... to the work capability assessment (WCA) changes and how you can voice your opposition by: • writing to your MP ... who receives any rate of PIP will receive an extra “health element” , included in their UC. But no-one will ... With Social Engagement - due to a cognitive impairment or mental disorder Getting About - getting to places outside ...