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People, Not Tick Boxes: Mind calls for rebuild of the disability benefits system
18 October 2020 | News
The mental health charity Mind has published a report that sets out ... with other people and to live more independently. However, too often the process of trying to get that help is ... experience of the system a role in designing the future of disability benefits assessments. An end to benefit sanctions ...
Disabled adults face some of the highest risks of poverty and Universal Credit must be redesigned, says Institute of Health Equity
26 February 2020 | News
... rent arrears and serious hardship, says the Institute of Health Equity (IHE) In 'Health Equity in England: The Marmot ... into debt, rent arrears and serious hardship. Any advance payments loans, and debt to third parties including for ... people – were from families in which someone had a disability in 2019, SCOPE, the disability equality charity, ...
MPs concerned over adult social care squeeze
10 July 2014 | News
... most notably through the Care Act, is rightly ambitious. However, the Committee simply does not know whether the care system has the capacity to ... and local government and across local authorities and health bodies.” The report makes a number of ...
Progress on socio-economic rights in Great Britain
06 March 2018 | News
... strategy ‘Improving Lives – The Future of Work, Health and Disability’ to facilitate access to employment ... Equality Plan and Equality Objectives 2016–2020. “However, the overall picture emerging from the most recent ... system changes to PIP regulations affect people with mental health conditions the need for Work Capability ...
DR UK in the media over PIP changes
13 March 2016 | News
PIP needs change, but PIP does not need this change The Government has announced, in ... would have had a devastating effect on those claiming PIP. However we regret that the Government has decided to choose ... as relying on the use of aids and appliances in four fundamental areas. We believe this is a sufficiently high ...
DWP seeking Chair of Health and Safety Executive
30 April 2020 | News
Chair of the Health and Safety Executive The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a Crown Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Work and ... HSE continues to drive efficiencies in all that it does and is also seeking to grow its commercial income. ...
DWP Announces Major WCA Changes for New ESA and UC Claimants from 2025
24 November 2023 | News
... “We will specify the circumstances, and physical and mental health conditions, for which LCWRA Substantial Risk ... limitations under the getting about LCW activity. However, the DWP will not make changes to the following WCA ... Group within ESA. “Whilst we recognise that the DWP does not intend to take forward all of the most extreme ...
Disability Benefits Consortium launch PIP Pledge report and MP e-action
03 April 2013 | News
... benefit will be rolled-out and, eventually, it will replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA). We know that the way in ... Capability Assessment and, although the Government is very much to blame for this, we know that the way in which Atos ... make the most of this situation and use the differences in how these companies deliver the assessment to drive up the ...
You know why - it’s now time to think about how
03 August 2015 | News
... Get Yourself Active friends. You can also hear about why health, social care and sports should work together for ... Please get in contact if you have examples or knowledge of how personal budgets have been used for physical activity or sport by emailing leanne.wightman@disabilityrightsuk.org or tweeting @GetYrselfActive using ...
DBC and DPAC urge six week extension to Green Paper consultation response time
09 August 2021 | News
... about the consultation period for the recently published Health and Disability Green Paper. The Green Paper was ... is the standard time frame. By definition, this time frame does not make reasonable adjustments that disabled people ... upcoming Health and Disability Green Paper. The research showed that: 88 per cent of people are either “not at all ...