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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Public Health England launch new Every Mind Matters campaign
16 April 2020 | News
Public Health England launch new Every Mind Matters campaign PHE ... to encourage adults to take steps to look after their mental health during this difficult time, using Every Mind ... at all adults, weighted towards those most at risk of mental health problems and more vulnerable groups (such as ...
Govt response to PIP delays
06 January 2014 | News
... and Pensions what guidelines his Department has issued on how long a disability assessment for a personal independence ... claimants the opportunity to tell the assessor how their health condition or disability effects them on a day-to-day ... can be. Although PIP is a new benefit, and the Department does not have a target for completion of claims while ...
Carer Support Payment (Scotland)
23 April 2025 | Resource
Carer support payment is a benefit for people in Scotland who regularly ... support payment? Qualifying benefits What if I am working? How much do I get? Carer’s allowance supplement How do I ...
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 ...
Report Finds Worsening Violations of Disabled People’s Rights
28 August 2023 | News
... and welfare reform. Kamran Mallick, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK said, “The evidence is clear, the ... written evidence for a follow up by the Committee describes how Disabled people’s living standards have deteriorated ... disabled people to ensure a rigorous and safe system that doesn’t cause avoidable harm to the most disadvantaged ...
The Labour Party gives a vague response to the Disability Scorecard
25 June 2024 | News
... gap by providing disability-responsive employment support? Health: will you stop non-consensual “do not ... in other areas of their manifesto. Their commitment to mental health is to be lauded including their plan to ... committing £8 billion extra per year for social care. However, the Labour Party advised they would invest an extra ...
Poll reveals extent of loneliness for Disabled people
26 March 2024 | News
... people across the UK, examining social isolation and asked how to foster a sense of belonging. The results of the poll ... people with disabilities, whether they are physical, developmental or mental-health related, being socially connected is associated with ...