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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 ...
Our Interview with Paralympian Sophie Christiansen!
20 May 2025 | News
... DR UK: You've worked tirelessly to use your position to show that, despite how well known you might be and the ... being able to take part in this when you were young did so much for you, both as a young person and for your whole ... how important these experiences can be to us personally. It doesn't have to be winning a gold medal, though obviously ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How our GOGA Peer Support Project is making disabled people more active
20 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK set up a Peer Support Project in Oct ... The aim is to get disabled people and people with health conditions more active by providing trained mentors ... www.gogapeersupport.org and www.getoutgetactive.co.uk How our GOGA Peer Support Project is making disabled people ...
For over 2 million people who are long-term unemployed as result of disabilities and health conditions the DWP just isn’t working: new report
27 October 2020 | News
... to work due to the impact of disabilities and long-term health conditions and it’s a number that looks set to ... who need it. New Local concludes: “By addressing fundamental barriers within the current system, the shift to a ... spent 18 months seconded from Mind to the DWP advising on how to better support people with mental health problems and ...