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How disabled people could be affected in the case of a Brexit No Deal
07 April 2019 | News
The Government has published a series of papers on how the UK will cope in the event of a no-deal. Read our Brexit manifesto : The implications of Brexit for disability rights: Influencing future debate and policy Find ... Rights Key guides which might affect disabled people in health, work, education and travel View all guides Operation ...
Government put Disabled people at risk in COVID vaccination process
20 January 2025 | News
... as of November 2023, or living restricted lives, with poor mental health” Mr Malick stated that the plight of many ... consult with DPO on the vaccine roll out. Had they done so, much of the jeopardy for disabled people in the UK would ...
History of The Disability Rights Handbook To Celebrate 50 Editions!
18 July 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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
EHRC to investigate DWP’s safeguarding failures leading to benefit-related deaths
21 June 2024 | News
... for disabled people with learning disabilities or long-term mental health conditions during health assessment determinations. ... investigation of the DWP is welcome if long overdue. “However, it is very concerning that the EHRC will focus only ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Youth Select Committee report on cost-of-living impact highlights disability
08 March 2024 | News
... investigating the cost of living impacts on young people's health and wellbeing. The Youth Select Committee , which is ... affected by the cost-of-living crisis which shows no sign of abating. Amongst the many recommendations in ... to accessing affordable nutritious food and sufficient mental health services, my generation is grappling with ...