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Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are under-resourced to the point of refusing patients
07 April 2022 | News
... support by the under-funded CAMHS service. Stem4, a youth mental health charity, surveyed over 1,000 General Practitioners (GPs) across the UK. The survey shows that while CAMHS was struggling before the pandemic, ...
DR UK questions the need for the new Health and Work Conversation to be mandatory
16 July 2017 | News
DWP FOI responses give fuller picture of mandatory Health and Work Conversation. Following Freedom of ... support over 4 years “for people who due to an illness or disability are unable to work at the moment, but may be able ... Importantly, one FOI response has confirmed that the DWP does not have the statutory power that requires a claimant ...
Personal Health Budgets scheme attracts just one in twenty target patients
21 April 2016 | News
Figures sourced under the Freedom of Information Act show that across 162 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England, just 2,986 out of 53,611 Continuing Healthcare patients had opted to receive PHBs. For more see ... CCGs just can’t move away from ‘doctor knows best’ mentality.” Personal Health Budgets scheme attracts just ...
Social Security Advisory Committee mobility consultation
05 November 2019 | News
... is running a consultation until 3 December 2019 about how public funds can be used to best support disabled ... feel they cannot opt in to the Motability scheme? 3. How does participation/non-participation in the Motability ... of disability – for example physical impairment, mental health condition, learning difficulty other ...
How can poverty be reduced in the UK?
17 June 2015 | News
... to our thinking we asked three UK think tanks to tell us how they would reduce poverty: The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) asked How can we tackle poverty in the long term? The New Economic ... and taxation. The financial system should be managed so it does not increase inequality. IEA argues reforming policies ...
The Disability Rights Handbook: A Brief History
18 January 2024 | News
... difficult to get any information from the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS). Leaflets promoting ... in nature, including one on sex and disability. The focus, however, was on the state benefits available to Disabled ... is very different from that of Sally Robertson. There is so much more case-law now, but it is available at the touch of ...
Disabled people's poverty worse than govt estimates
17 September 2018 | News
New report reveals that people with a disability are much more likely to be living in poverty than ... to looking at poverty in the UK. The report looks at how much people have to spend and the unavoidable costs that ...
People with common mental disorders have incomes two-thirds that of people without those conditions: new research report
07 February 2021 | News
Those with common mental disorders. like anxiety and depression have typical ... to a gap of £8,400 per year), according to a new Mental Health and Income Commission (MHIC) report. The MHIC ... income security; increasing levels of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), and ensure more workers can access it : Many ...
Destitution in the UK
28 April 2016 | News
... Foundation report defines destitution in the UK, looking at how many people are affected, who they are, and the main ... should be defined in the contemporary UK context; how much destitution there is in the UK; who is affected by ... factors. For those with complex needs, such as people with mental health problems, the situation was worse. Destitution ...
Meet Charlotte, DR UK's Latest Marathon Runner!
04 September 2024 | News
... life event happened, do tell us more about that and how that might have changed your approach to training this ... at all. I find it really hard but I started running for my mental health. It’s really beneficial to me, mentally and ... run a marathon so when I did the virtual one, I felt so much pride. Doing that in London has been the dream ever ...