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Assessment process for carers under the Care Act
15 April 2025 | Resource
... relevant support when they require it. This process affects how carers are assessed and how carers interact with local ... has eligible needs. This replaces the existing law that does not grant carers a legal right to receive support and ... basis’. With the new law, it doesn’t matter now how much care the carer provides. Any carer who feels they could ...
Strategic partner updates for October 2013
25 November 2013 | News
... on Disability Rights UK’s events and workplan, and on how this will support local user-led membership ... will be extended to all NHS services in England, including mental health services, community nursing, and outpatient ... Rights UK with its workplan as a strategic partner and how does this help our members and networks? If a thing or two ...
Strategic partner updates for July 2013
25 July 2013 | News
... patients and their families and friends should have a much greater role in social care and the NHS. If you would ... the new system offers to individual disabled people and how they can have our voices heard. A forthcoming report by ... the Francis Inquiry Report) and parity of esteem for mental and physical health. More generally speaking, t he ...
Understanding the Equality Act: information for disabled students
27 June 2024 | Resource
... for disabled students, trainees and employees, explaining how education providers and employers are legally required ... . If you are from Northern Ireland, the Equality Act does not apply. Instead education is covered by the Special ... Employment Do I have a disability? Do I have a physical or mental impairment? Does my impairment have a substantial ...
UK Social Security System Is “Consciously Cruel” and “Ruining Lives” Finds Amnesty UK
28 April 2025 | News
... across our basic rights to housing, food, education, healthcare and social security. The evidence delivers damning conclusions on how the system processes, punishes, harms and dehumanises ... Disabled people vulnerable to debt, food insecurity and mental health challenges. The financial hardship that ...
Government action needed to end the institutionalisation of Disabled people
21 June 2024 | News
... people with a learning disability living as inpatients in mental health ATUs have been missed. The latest target was ... in 2015 by March 2024 at the latest. Published figures show that the reduction made is only around 30%, with 2,045 ... of £237,000 a year. In 2019, VODG research indicated that much of the market for this type of provision was controlled ...
General Election manifestos 2017
01 June 2017 | News
... - the money released will be transferred directly to health and social care re pensioners - maintain free bus ... do so will not bring the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights into UK law will look into repealing or ... on Human Rights for the duration of the next parliament - however British troops will in future be subject to the Law ...
Strategic partner updates for December 2014
15 December 2014 | News
... Disability Rights UK). For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... inspections in the following sectors: Acute Hospitals Mental Health, including substance misuse services Community ... He said: ‘To deliver world-class community care we need much better physical infrastructure. So today I can announce ...
Incapacity and disability benefit claimants feel particularly hard hit during coronavirus outbreak, MPs find
26 April 2020 | News
... found they are unable to claim any benefits. The survey shows that incapacity and disability benefit claimants feel ... how we have been left, disgraceful.” Individuals with mental health conditions described how social distancing measures ...
Free iPads for care homes ‘not enough’ says DR UK
30 September 2020 | News
... won’t solve this problem and connecting via a device doesn’t work for everyone, but it will help some families ... needs to provide care homes with clear guidance on how to facilitate face to face visits where it is safe to do ... people human contact with loved ones has serious impacts on mental health.” Free iPads for care homes ‘not enough’ ...