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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Equality Act and Disabled people
22 December 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Equality Act? What is Physical or mental impairment? What is a substantial and long-term ... are normal day-to-day activities? Types of discrimination How you can use the Equality Act What the Act can do for you ... be able to report this as a hate crime The Equality Act does cover harassment by an individual at a place where ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
New Public Accounts Committee on local support for people with a learning disability
25 April 2017 | News
... registered as such with their GPs. We welcome this report showing as it does that progress in reducing the number of learning ... disabled people detained in hospitals is too slow and much more needs to be done. This issue was included in our ...
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, ...