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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 ...
Review into business support for Disabled and long-term sick people announced
24 January 2025 | News
... review has been launched by the Government to explore how to support people with long-term illnesses or ... over a third of working age people reporting a long-term health condition and around a quarter classed as having a disability, the scale of the challenge according to the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Supermarket responses to DRUK letter
15 April 2020 | News
... items. He asked them to answer the following questions: How can customers let you know they are disabled or have a health condition which means they need to shop in a ... customers get priority for online shopping slots? “Aldi does not provide a grocery delivery service, therefore we ...
Disabled mum takes her own life after actions of DWP and Capita ‘magnified’ anxiety
05 June 2023 | News
... into the death of Philippa Day in October 2019 describes how the actions of the DWP and Capita had a “profound ... death, which found in January 2021 that flaws in the disability benefits system were “the predominant factor ... even though it had access to substantial evidence of her mental distress and her need to be assessed at her home in ...
Environment Secretary urged to involve Disabled people in tackling climate change
15 August 2024 | News
... by 408 climate scientists, warns that “Any leader who doesn’t make stronger climate action a priority will place ... are at very severe risk, from the consequences of environmental change. For example, Disabled people are often unable ... pollution, such as air pollution is a major cause of ill health: creating childhood disability, impairing children's ...
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 ...
Disabled People Should Be Able To Try Work Without Risk To Their Benefits: New Cross-Party IPPR Report
19 September 2024 | News
... Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) cross-party Commission on Health and Prosperity has concluded its almost three-year ... to find appropriate work that suits for the long term.” However, it says that there are still many potential ... The recommendation that a period in which anyone with a disability or chronic health condition can try work – with ...