Search results
481-490 of 3880 results
Returning to work: disabled people’s jobs and health under threat
18 May 2020 | News
... people paid leave to remain at home if they cannot show a government letter ‘proving’ that their impairments ... have warned that eight million people with underlying health conditions should be shielding, rather than the ... Health England guidance are entitled to statutory sick pay, but this only applies to the 2.2 million people on the ...
Support our Marathon runners
08 February 2020 | News
... the picture in terms of the work that Disability Rights UK does. Disability in this context has a far broader ... definition, including grave illness, such as cancer, and mental health. “My mum worked in the care sector for most of her ...
Government announces halt to Disabled Facilities Grant increase
07 February 2024 | News
... consult all the measures around the DFG in 2022, along with how funding is distributed, but none of the consultations ... charity Contact, said unsuitable housing had "a huge detrimental impact on the physical and mental health of families with disabled children and this urgently ...
Disabled Activists Host Sit-In Outside Parliament After They Were Refused Entry To Meet With MPs
03 September 2024 | News
... were delivered as intended. Read on to hear more about how the day's events went. John Pring, the editor and ... Imagine the sheer indifference and audacity of a Governmental department - treating with contempt family members ... Disabled people were shown how disposable we are – how much worse is it for us when we are on our own, when there ...
Cross Party MPs call for public inquiry into benefit related deaths
14 October 2022 | News
... Party have backed the calls of bereaved families, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, Child Poverty Action Group, and DR UK ... are being missed. “Far more people experience mental health crisis, self-harm or suicide attempts than die by ... and campaigners. “There is also an urgent need to reform how cases of death and serious harm are investigated. ...
DR UK writes to DWP Minister to raise concerns about new PIP descriptor activity guidance
07 November 2017 | News
... panel held that a PIP activity cannot be carried out safely does not require that the occurrence of harm is “more ... On 2 November Penny Mordaunt Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work said - “The DWP will be going through all ... if some claimant’s PIP awards should be increased. However, it is not clear exactly what amendments have been ...
EHRC Says WCA Consultation Period Insufficient For Disabled People To Meaningfully Respond
31 October 2023 | News
... who receives any rate of PIP will receive an extra “health element” , included in their UC. Medically ... only from 2026/2027and 2029 for existing claimants. However, on 8 September, the Government launched a ... that applies if there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of you or anyone else if you were ...
Our response to the draft transport accessibility action plan consultation
13 November 2017 | News
... else The Consultation questions Consultation Question 1 How well do you feel the national bus concession in England ... areas that you feel the existing guidance is placing too much emphasis on? Consultation Question 4 As a passenger or ... or physical impairments including dementia, autism or mental health conditions)? We would welcome any experiences ...
Disability Rights UK concerns over Access to Work - Letter to Minister for Disabled People
05 November 2012 | News
... the number of people using Access to Work, to make it much better known, to extend its use and strip out ... disability employment programmes in late 2010, the figures showed just over 37,000 people per year being helped by ... that disabled people routinely access (the NHS, disability/health condition organisations, general media - via press ...
NICE withdraws landmark ME/CFS guidance
17 August 2021 | News
... offered as a form of treatment. GET is in essence incrementally increased exercise, which many patients feel makes ... Manager Anna Morell said: “This is a significant, and much overlooked condition. As with other hidden ... day in, day out. They know what works for them and what doesn’t. “The further delaying of this guidance is a ...