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Nearly two-thirds of disabled adults say COVID-19-related concerns affecting their well-being
23 April 2020 | News
... more likely than non-disabled adults to report spending too much time alone. Around a third (35%) of disabled adults ... of non-disabled adults. Almost 1 in 10 (8.3%) adults with a disability reported often or always feeling lonely in the ... action that is helping people cope while staying at home; however, spending time with members of their household was a ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) Statement on the parliamentary vote on Winter Fuel Payments
09 September 2024 | News
The announcement by the UK Government that the Winter Fuel Payment will be cut for up to two million pensioners could not have come at a worse time. Disability poverty is rife across the UK, with 45% of ... forced to switch off heating or deciding not to charge health-related or mobility equipment. The withdrawal of the ...
Key health and care bodies say keeping and extending the £20 week UC lifeline is crucial
08 February 2021 | News
Key bodies working across health and care have written an open letter to the Prime ... Royal Society of Public Health The Association of Mental Health Providers The Mental Health Network of the NHS Confederation These leading ...
A New Year Message on the Access to Work scheme
21 January 2025 | News
... have worked without it. For a government with the much-repeated ambition of getting Disabled people into work, ... the Scheme in partnership with Disabled people. It just doesn’t make sense for the Government to have an ambition ...
Face-to-face assessments to resume for health and disability benefits
30 March 2021 | News
... DWP has announced that, “in line with the latest public health guidance and adhering to strict safety protocols”, ... begin reintroducing face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits. Face-to-face assessments for: ... suspend its rule on removing benefit if someone cannot show “good cause” for not attending a medical assessment. ...
Family of Errol Graham launch legal action against the DWP
04 March 2020 | News
... then made to terminate Errol’s benefits as he had not shown he had “good cause” to miss the appointment. Despite his long history of severe mental health issues, no information was ever obtained about ... not open to public scrutiny. Significantly, the DWP still does not track or monitor the status of the recommendations ...
New VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance
18 June 2017 | News
On 20 April 2017, the Department of Health announced the 21 members of the new voluntary, ... voice and expertise into national policy making. Disability Rights UK is part of the Alliance as part of the ... Homeless Link Maternity Action Men’s Health Forum Mental Health Consortium National Voices National ...
Half of people with a learning disability and autistic people reluctant to provide feedback on care
18 March 2021 | News
... and/or autistic people has to be at the centre of how we decide to regulate and improve care. It is so ... people with lived experience keep telling us that it’s so much harder to speak up in services that care for people ... disability and autistic people are more likely to accept health and social care providers offering a lower standard ...
Assessment, Eligibility and Support Planning
15 April 2025 | Resource
... you to produce a care and support plan whereby you decide how you wish your care and support needs to be met . BACK TO ... to be appropriate and proportionate in that you have as much contact with the local authority as you need. The ... person’s needs arise from or are related to physical or mental impairment or illness. This encompasses physical, ...
MPs look at Spending Review on health and social care
18 July 2016 | News
Health Committee report: Impact of the Spending Review on ... Parliament. We welcome the plans for additional funding for mental health but there is a danger that this could get ... sector particularly as there is a lack of accurate data on mental health spending. We expect to see clear, verifiable ...