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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 ...
Disability Rights UK’s Together Fund – Our Impact!
08 December 2023 | News
... delivery and impact of Sport England’s Together Fund, showing the vast and long-lasting impact this fund has on ... , as well as improving their self-confidence and overall mental health. Projects reported increased capacity and ... beyond the life of the fund because there is still so much to be learnt from each other.” Disability Rights ...
Honouring Black History Month
26 October 2023 | News
This Black History Month, at DR UK we know how intersectional our struggles are – there is no ... riots of 1958. Throughout her life, she dealt with poor health as a result of growing up in poverty. Brad Lomax ... rights and disability rights movement. He was also instrumental in setting up the East Oakland Centre for Independent ...
Peers ask Health Secretary to restore Care Act rights
21 September 2020 | News
... Grey-Thompson have led a group of 30 peers in writing to Health Secretary Matt Hancock calling for the restoration of ... comply with Care Act duties without putting lives at risks. However, there is evidence that ‘easements’ were ... – emotionally, socially, economically or in terms of mental and physical health – but we believe these effects ...
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 ...
Peers letter to Health Minister on Care Act Easements
08 September 2020 | News
... The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State Department of Health and Social Care 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU ... comply with Care Act duties without putting lives at risks. However, there is evidence that ‘easements’ were ... – emotionally, socially, economically or in terms of mental and physical health – but we believe these effects ...
Strategic partner updates for October 2014
06 October 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... people leading change’ (lead on commissioning ), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... year for a CCG during which children and young people with mental health problems are driving a procurement exercise ...
Benefits levels leave many unable to afford daily essentials or meet extra costs of disability, say MPs
21 March 2024 | News
... daily living costs and extra costs associated with having a health condition or disability. For example, a wide range of ... benefits were found to have a negative physical and mental health impact on claimants, which in turn could ... costs it intends PIP to cover. It should then set out how it intends to reach this benchmark alongside annual ...