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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 ...
MPs say housing cost reform hurts disabled people
01 April 2014 | News
... or who need an extra room as a result of their disability, and who are unlikely to be able to move house or ... other areas someone in the same circumstances has to pay as much as 20% of their Council Tax. The Government should ... private and social sector landlords are concerned about how tenants will manage direct payments of housing costs ...
Family of Jodey Whiting seeks fresh inquest into her death to examine role played by DWP
07 January 2020 | News
... 2017. She was a vulnerable woman with multiple physical and mental health illnesses which left her house-bound, requiring 23 ... have been entitled to publicly funded legal representation. However, a subsequent inquiry by the Independent Case ...
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 ...
90% of Low-Income Families on Universal Credit Going Without Essentials
05 July 2024 | News
... (60%) reported going without essentials like food, showers, heating and toiletries in the 6 months to May 2024, ... by the additional costs associated with disability and ill-health, and partly by the barriers to work Disabled people ... part in the range of social and cultural activities that much of society takes for granted.” For more information, ...
Law change needed to tackle disability pay gap
04 November 2019 | News
... companies with over 50 people to have to take action on the disability pay gap. Analysis by the TUC shows that one in two disabled people of working age who ...
Open Letter To Liz Kendall: Don’t Continue With WCA Cuts
28 October 2024 | News
... do nothing to address current labour shortages. They will however increase levels of entrenched deprivation. Poverty ... risk” group. These are not people with “mild” mental health conditions, as portrayed in sections of the media. ...
New guide to Adult Disability Payment in Scotland launched
14 August 2023 | News
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for people in Scotland between ... to claim than PIP? Data published on 31 January 2023 show that 60% of ADP claims result in awards (30% of claims ... of time. To this end, we have written a guide Adult Disability Payment: a Guide to the Benefit , which you can ...
New Universal Personalised Care Model launched
30 January 2019 | News
... and local government, and organisations from across health, care, voluntary and community-based sectors, as well ... by 2024, giving them the same choice and control over their mental and physical health that they have come to expect in ... care: Implementing the Comprehensive Model confirms how we will do this by 2023/24. It is the action plan for ...
DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018
19 April 2018 | News
... McVey has now confirmed that the DWP will not appeal Disability Rights UK, who supported this case, welcomed the ... U-turn as it affects an estimated 164,000 claimants with mental health conditions. Esther McVey has now announced that both ...