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Alzheimer’s Society comments on the impact of cuts to social care
06 October 2015 | News
... care declined in England according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSSCIC) View Alzheimer’s Society press release The findings show, of the 1.85 million new requests for adult social care ... The recent decision to delay implementation of a cap on how much people pay for care means that this financial burden ...
DR UK and our members respond to Commons defeat of Lords amendments
23 February 2016 | News
... which will have a damaging impact on their physical and mental health. Disability Rights UK members and supporters and ... of people with a learning disability are in employment; however the Government are still yet to provide any robust ...
Strategic partner updates for November 2014
10 November 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... people leading change’ (lead on commissioning ), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... have continued to co-facilitate a procurement exercise for mental health services for 0-25 year olds with a CCG by ...
Learning disability and debt
12 April 2018 | News
In this guest blog post, Jason Jaspal from Disability Rights UK discusses the challenges that people ... may find it hard to get advice because they don’t know how or where to look for help. They may have difficulties ... disabled customers, they are at risk of legal action. The Mental Capacity Act (2005) Advisers also need to be aware of ...
Claimants with severe disability premium awards no longer exempt from the requirement to claim Universal Credit
14 January 2021 | News
New regulations have been issued that will end the severe disability premium (SDP) barrier “gateway” to Universal ... tested “legacy benefits” – ESA, JSA, and IS - UC does not include either the severe disability premium (SDP) ... and ongoing transitional payments as recompense . However, from October 2020 these transitional payments were ...
Benefit levels now driving the increase in foodbank use
25 April 2018 | News
... benefit’ have also grown significantly. Its new data shows that Universal Credit (UC) is now a significant factor ... more likely – disabled people and people with long-term health conditions and families with children are ... said it did. Only 5% of respondents who stated they had a mental health condition, physical health condition, or were ...
Labour Force Survey analysis: disabled people
23 February 2015 | News
... Force Survey analysis of disabled people by region and main health problem covering Oct to Dec 2013 and Oct to Dec 2014 ... for those with disabilities or long term health conditions show a slight improvement in employment rates. Those with ... However the rates of employment for those with mental health problems and those with learning disabilities ...
Sickness absence and fluctuating health conditions
22 January 2015 | News
New report advocates part-time sick pay is needed for employees with fluctuating health conditions Fluctuating conditions, fluctuating ... absence policies. Liz Sayce, the chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: “This report is very timely. ...
Scottish Parliament Bedroom Tax statement
07 May 2014 | News
Bedroom Tax and Discretionary Housing Payments On 7 May 2014 the Scottish Parliament heard the ... 25 April. That agreement allows us to target the funding as much as possible according to need. I am happy to confirm ... funding up to the limit of the Westminster-imposed cap on how much each council is allowed to spend on discretionary ...
Human Rights Act 1998
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Human Rights Act What does the European Court of Human Rights do? Key Articles and ... up to three months. When you use the HRA you will need to show which part of the convention has been breached and be ... was taken away from people detained under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983. In other words, this differed from ...