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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 ...
Lu's Story - Student, challenging University Accommodation decisions
06 March 2025 | News
... made a formal complaint to her university with support from Disability Rights UK and won the case. Read more below. What ... one’s on your side. Don’t think you’re asking for too much, you deserve to be accommodated for; university ... overcharged, the accommodation team told me, “This is how it is done with other students in studios” and since ...
MPs debate Universal Credit Roll-out
18 October 2017 | News
... To understand what needs fixing, we need to understand how we got here. When universal credit was first introduced ... Conservatives abstaining except for Sarah Wollaston, the health select committee chair, who voted with Labour. What does the vote mean? In terms of halting Universal Credit ...
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. ...
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 ...
Cost of living crisis: Carolynne’s story
27 September 2022 | News
... £530 each month. I can’t afford that. The bottom line is health and social care needs to start contributing to the ... staff who support Freya also need heating, so I have to pay for them to be warm. It’s causing animosity between me ... no impact on a £6,000 energy bill. The Scottish government doesn’t give local authorities the funds to support us. ...
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 ...
Low-traffic schemes overlook Disabled people’s needs
27 April 2021 | News
... camera-controlled filters makes “the environment feel much safer, and make it much more likely that local people ... to travel more by active means”. Edward Cripwell, of Disability Action in Islington, told The Times the charity ... they presented us with this scheme as a fait accompli. It does not seem that the rights of disabled people have been ...