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Charging for residential accommodation
07 October 2022 | Resource
... must undertake a financial assessment in order to establish how much you are supposed to contribute towards the cost of ... scheme more widely to anyone they feel would benefit who does not fully meet the criteria. BACK TO START Lacking ...
DR UK launches UNCRPD evidence report in House of Lords
08 March 2017 | News
... of Persons with Disabilities will examine the UK, to track how well the UK is doing in progressively realising our ... as a mother and a partner, and neglected my rapidly failing health. In the meantime the devastation it has had on me ... of the person London ‘If like me you have a so-called ‘mental disorder’ you can be compulsorily detained and ...
Vote to annul PIP changes fails in the Lords
27 March 2017 | News
... the PIP Activities for Managing therapy or monitoring a health condition and Planning and following a journey. You ... for a review of the impact was carried by 162 votes to 154. However, this motion does not prevent the changes coming into effect. In her ...
International day of disabled people
02 December 2014 | News
... THE WORLD on the international day of disabled people Disability Rights UK sends greetings to disabled people and ... is underpinned by the principle of choice and control over how our support needs are met. The Care Act also says that ... processes set to significantly limit their impact. The much larger Work Programme has a failure rate of over 90% ...
Disability costs must be covered before applying £30 ESA cut say MPs
02 February 2017 | News
... unavoidable living costs relating to their conditions, and how it will ensure that these costs are covered. Commenting ... on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability employment published on 3 February, Liz Sayce, ... paper to be welcomed, the select committee report says much more is needed and the government must be pragmatic ...
Stephen Crabb’s speech at the Early Intervention Foundation Conference
12 April 2016 | News
... View speech Key points “We’re going to be investing in mental health services to tackle some of the debilitating disorders ... welfare system, the health service will all need to work much better together….to help people stay healthy in the ...
DWP admits wrongly refusing PIP to record number of Disabled people
24 February 2022 | News
... the past year, reports The Independent . Separate figures show the cost of these reviews has surged by 26% in the last ... of the reconsideration and tribunal systems on their mental health.” Over half (56%) of claims which were taken to ...
UK Government Retrogressive Measures Impact Negatively on Disabled People
22 August 2017 | News
... of the EU withdrawal Bill has raised further concern as much of the provisions of the CRPD are enacted in the UK ... said in our own submission. We are not just talking about how benefit changes but right across the spectrum of health, social care, employment and education retrogressive ...
Unlawful detention of disabled people condemned
12 March 2014 | News
... concludes that legislation created to protect people with mental health conditions - including dementia and autism - has ... if they want to keep someone under constant observation. However human rights group Liberty told the inquiry that ...
Strategic partner updates October 2015
05 October 2015 | News
... commissioning. For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... impact on professionals and on what they are doing? How does this happen? Maybe your DPULO is already involved with ... by Tuesday 6 October. Gearing up for one of the most fundamental changes in NHS history Sir Bruce Keogh has outlined ...