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EHRC publishes business plan
04 April 2016 | News
... Promoting the right to equality of access to appropriate health and social care services and dignity of care. ... media reporting. Commissioning an assessment to determine how changes to the welfare system have affected equality of ... the decision to remove the spare room subsidy (bedroom tax) does not comply with equality and human rights law in the ...
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 ...
DWP axes commitment to review 1.6 million PIP claims to see if extra benefit legally payable
12 February 2020 | News
... to the House of Commons, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson has announced that around ... distress' and carrying out activities 'safely'. However, instead of reviewing all 1.6 million PIP claimants ... committed to ensuring everyone with a health condition or disability gets the support they are entitled to. This is ...
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 ...
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 ...
Health and Disability Green Paper published: Shaping Future Support
20 July 2021 | News
The DWP has published its long promised Health and Disability Green Paper titled Shaping Future Support. The ... for Disabled people and people with health conditions, and how to encourage people to take up that support, where ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...