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Disability Rights UK calls for immediate reform of disgraceful PIP mobility rules
11 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is appalled at figures showing ... they are effectively housebound. However, the situation is much worse than today’s figures from Motability imply. ...
The challenges of personal health budgets
27 August 2013 | News
... report published today by the Nuffield Trust examines how personal health budgets will work in practice and the issues they ... support personal health budgets; and finding the money to pay for the necessary infrastructure. For policy-makers, the ...
Our response to the Blue Badge scheme consultation on eligibility
15 March 2018 | News
... and substantial” to “enduring and substantial” that healthcare professionals other than GPs undertake mobility ... adoption will mean that those disabled people with a severe mental health condition who live in England will rightly ... to secure parking places by those with no such disability. However, efforts to ensure the non-misuse of blue badges ...
New shielding guidance lacks basic protections
13 October 2020 | News
... the virus have been those with disabilities and long-term health conditions, that the government is not providing ... with their clinical professionals. But this guidance doesn’t leave much room for that. It’s keep calm and carry on, unless ...
Budget 2018
28 October 2018 | News
... for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit is payable. Parental bereavement leave and pay A new statutory ... where it is impractical to obtain a Gift Aid declaration. Health The government has confirmed earlier announcements of ... the next five years. An extra £2bn a year to be given to mental health services A new Mental Health Crisis Service is ...
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: second independent review
29 March 2017 | News
... of reference mean it hasn't tackled some of the most fundamental problems with PIP; and some of its conclusions may ... should automatically be audio recorded are welcome. However, we are disappointed that, the review concludes that whether a Health Professional is a specialist in a health condition ...
UC roll out: what went wrong
10 September 2013 | News
ZD net have published an article which considers how the Universal Credit programme, described as the world's ... Digital Service. The NAO reported that "The Cabinet Office does not consider that the Department [DWP] has at any point ... number of people, with the simple benefit, feels like it's much more aligned to an agile approach," he said. "They can ...
EHRC imposes legally binding action plan on the DWP to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants
24 April 2022 | News
... to serious concerns about its treatment of people with mental health impairments and learning disabilities. Disability ... the steps being taken to address the problems identified. However, the Commission has concluded that further action is ...
DR UK condemns austerity cult as disabled man kills himself after £20 benefit cut
03 September 2018 | News
... to the effects of austerity. One note even describes how he spent £12 on a phone call to the Department of Work ... payments. Philip Connolly, policy manager at the charity Disability Rights UK, said: “The Equality and Human Rights ... calling on the government to urgently review PIP and make much needed improvements including simplified application ...
Concerns for Disabled pensioners as Winter Fuel Payments cut
31 July 2024 | News
... means-tested benefits will no longer receive Winter Fuel Payments. Pension Credit is a means-tested benefit for ... with the extra costs of heating, required to stay safe and healthy. Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK ... and campaigns officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability poverty Campaign Group said: “This announcement ...