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Thousands of Disabled people unfairly chased for social care debt
01 March 2023 | News
New reporting by the BBC has shown that more than 60,000 Disabled adults and those with ... expenses disabled people face in maintaining their health and well-being, such as accessible transport, adapted ... people chased for unjust debts for their care show how much things need to change. The government should create a ...
Women go undiagnosed, accused of ‘hysteria’ - CII report
17 June 2021 | News
... (CII). The data will be submitted to the Department for Health and Social Care for its Women’s Health Strategy ... what’s called ‘medical gaslighting’ and the damage it does, not just medically but on the whole of our lives, is ... healthcare costs by diverting patients who take up too much GP surgery time away from biomedical investigation and ...
DR UK Response To Fit Note Reform Consultation
22 July 2024 | News
... of the fit note process to support those with long term health conditions “to access timely work and health ... out so called “sicknote culture”. “Statutory sick pay in the UK is low by international standards , and UK ... – there are now nearly two million people waiting for mental health support and approaching 8 million for elective ...
DR UK calls for new assessment approach for PIP as Atos and Capita get £40m increase
04 February 2018 | News
Government spending on private firms carrying out 'brutal' disability benefit assessments soared by £40m in one year. ... out of 10 appeals are successful. Atos and Capita rely on healthcare professionals who are cheaper than doctors or ... paramedics, for example, are wrongly assessing people with mental health conditions. The Government should be looking ...
Loss of disability premiums when claiming UC is discriminatory says High Court
13 June 2018 | News
... More about universal credit More about universal credit and disability Leigh Day press release TP and AR, R (On the ... area, to receive better treatment. AR suffers from severe mental health issues. In 2017, he moved from Middlesbrough to ...
Philippa Day: young disabled mother took her own life after being told to attend PIP assessment
17 January 2021 | News
... the world, has affected my identity.” The inquest heard how Philippa had experienced months of distress due to ... DWP and Capita had been told of her history of significant mental distress and mental health inpatient admissions, that she was agoraphobic, and ...
Changes in UC transitional protection rules for those on or who lost severe disability premium
06 June 2018 | News
... HCWS745 More about universal credit Universal credit and disability In this statement, made by Esther McVey (The ... ensures that a claimant moving from one benefit to another does not suffer a loss in income at the point of change. However, claimants receiving transitional payments usually ...
Get Yourself Active celebrates an excellent set of results from a partnership that it is part of.
20 June 2018 | News
Get Yourself Active are pleased that Chester FC Mental Health & Wellbeing which we through our partners, Cheshire ... Active can offer you to get active as well as the work it does in the area get in touch with Tom Bell the project ...
Covid 19 and the rights of disabled people
06 April 2020 | News
... decisions about who gets treatment and care and who doesn’t. We understand that they will have to judge ... that people’s existing health will be taken into account. However, we have read about cases that have made us feel ... of all ages, as set out in the Human Rights Act (1998), the Mental Capacity Act (2005), the Adults with Incapacity ...
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick's New Year message
30 December 2022 | News
... would come into 2022 with a little more understanding about how we, as Disabled people, live our day-to-day lives. The ... encouraged that the Government has announced a new National Disability Plan for 2023, but as ever, the devil will be in ... unsupported, nor denied thriving lives. Kamran Mallick CEO, Disability Rights UK DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick's New Year ...