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Disabled people far more likely to die by suicide than non-disabled people
07 March 2023 | News
Disabled people are much more likely to die by suicide than non-Disabled people ... for non-disabled women. Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK said: “The disproportionately high ... reducing incomes and rising costs. We face inadequate health and social care services, punitive benefit processes, ...
Half a million Disabled people set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘work capability assessment test
31 July 2023 | News
... November. The plans, that were outlined in the March 2023 Health and Disability White Paper , will not be introduced ... £400 a month at current benefit rates. The new figures show that, as of November 2022, there were 516,000 people who ... the extra costs Disabled people face in life (although it doesn’t do this very well).” He also pointed to the ...
Evidence Based Review of WCA
11 December 2013 | News
... to improve the assessment of fluctuation in physical and mental health conditions, and the effects of cognitive ... assessment (AA) proposals. The research questions were: How did the two different assessments work when applied to ... have limited capability for work, the outcome of the AA was much more likely to correspond with this view than was the ...
Govt response to WCA fourth review
26 March 2014 | News
... the impact of earlier independent reviews; the way that mental health conditions are considered in the WCA; and the ... work on feasibility . DWP is currently investigating how information from the WCA might be shared with Work ... distress is appropriately recognised when the WCA process does not work as intended. 13.The ESA50 and all letters and ...
Support the Trekkers Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Disability Rights UK!
07 September 2023 | News
... expedition. Read on to hear their thoughts and find out how to donate to their fundraiser! 1. First of all, we'd ... at the beginning of the year, focusing on our physical health and fitness through gym training and healthy eating habits. Jurate: Pretty much the same as Diana and Mantas. I am a keen CrossFitter. ...
70% of Disabled people feel DWP contracted assessor did not understand their condition: shocking new Z2K research
24 May 2021 | News
... asked their opinion on whether the Government’s upcoming Health and Disability Green Paper will deliver on generating ... trained in the condition they are assessing If an assessor does not have specialist knowledge of the condition they are ... evidence from parents, support workers, social workers, mental health workers etc. should not be undermined, ...
Say No To Assisted Dying - Fazilet Hadi
10 April 2025 | News
... encounter from friends, family and wider society. It also shows itself institutionally, in the way society is ... with life expectancy and healthy life years being much worse for working-class people and those living in the ... not be done through a Private Member’s Bill. This process doesn’t have the depth of consideration that would be ...
Digital universal credit system breaches principles of law and stops claimants accessing support
27 June 2023 | News
... and operation of this digital- by-design benefit does not align with social security legislation. Some ... circumstances (for example if they have a disability or health condition). But the digital claim form doesn’t ... updated to provide further information to claimants about how their award has been calculated. At a minimum, the DWP ...
New DR UK Board Member Vicci Livingstone-Thompson awarded BEM
03 January 2025 | News
A personal message from Kamran Mallick, CEO of Disability Rights UK. "WE are delighted to congratulate ... celebrates Vicci’s remarkable contributions to mental health and the rights of Disabled people in Gloucestershire ...
BPS signs consensus statement calling for removal of benefit sanctions
25 March 2019 | News
... Psychological Society has joined eight other leading mental health organisations in calling for the removal of benefit ... or appropriate help in returning to or gaining paid work. However, the statement makes clear that no one with a mental ...