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FutureFit: how tech can get everyone moving more
07 June 2018 | News
... Policymakers Researchers Anyone with an interest in sport, health, innovation or tech 1.5 million of us don’t manage ... explore the reasons why some people aren’t exercising and how the worlds of fitness, sport, innovation and technology ... sporting history was made in 2012. FutureFit: how tech can get everyone moving more ...
English Blue Badge scheme to include those with hidden disabilities
29 July 2018 | News
People with hidden disabilities, including autism and mental health conditions are to be given the right to a Blue Badge. ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop English Blue Badge ...
We condemn taxi firm disability policy
14 January 2014 | News
... of Russia Sue Bott, Director of Policy and Development at Disability Rights UK, said: "Disabled people shouldn't be ... but for goodness' sake, it all works out in the end, doesn't it? I really can't understand why they see a problem ... doesn't fit into a 'normal' taxi. Why should they have to pay extra for being disabled? You have to wonder where this ...
MPs tell Government to review the use and impacts of benefit sanctions
20 February 2017 | News
... In Disability Rights UK’s response to the DWP, Health and Disability Green Paper “Improving Lives” we ... towards protecting vulnerable ESA claimants (people with mental health conditions, learning difficulties, conditions ... approaches work best, and why, and what is not working. It does not know whether vulnerable people are protected as ...
PIP: The reasonable wishes of a claimant to walk further or more frequently must be considered
14 May 2017 | News
... should not be based on a supposed “objective test” of how far a disabled person or how often they need to “move ... and why should she not? He adds that: “... a tribunal does not need to accept the genuineness of an extreme ... should have seen this as going beyond engagement with health professionals and family members, taking into account ...
DR UK contributes to EDF human rights report
15 September 2020 | News
... Stricter criteria have particularly affected people with mental health issues or chronic illnesses. 74% of applicants who ... most recent data available), and many claimants do not know how to appeal. Social care Cuts to local government funding ...
MPs find claimants mainly satisfied with PIP and ESA assessments but there are problems
08 February 2018 | News
... PIP and ESA assessments Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) ... this concern any assessment it has made of its prevalence how it is monitored what measures are in place to prevent ... response from the Government.” See also the following Disability News Service articles: The PIP Files: DWP ...
Govt concerns over PIP loan scheme to fund assistive technology inquiry
18 September 2018 | News
... business strategy , Disability Rights UK recognised how key the development and use of assistive technology is ... to see the UK become a “world leader in assistive and healthcare technology – building on the strong positioning ... the scheme but would have to ensure that whoever company does so works in line with the principles of providing a ...
DWP Ordered To Release Information About Decision to Scrap WCA
14 November 2023 | News
... who receives any rate of PIP will receive an extra “health element” , included in their UC. Medically ... only from 2026/2027 and 2029 for existing claimants. However, on 8 September, the Government launched a ... that applies if there would be a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of you or anyone else if you were ...
MPs want older people to pay to fund personal care for all
26 June 2018 | News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Social Care Committees' joint report calls for a ... transfers between generations - Resolution Foundation How to fix the funding of health and social care - Institute ... Z (born mid-90s/early 2000s) MPs want older people to pay to fund personal care for all ...