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Research Exposes How the DWP ‘Weaponised’ Time to Avoid Accountability for Deaths
16 August 2023 | News
New research has exposed how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has ... at Healing Justice Ldn, and is a senior lecturer in public health – and DNS editor John Pring. It details the ... It shows how, “despite being one of the main governmental tools to investigate deaths linked to the social ...
Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights
21 July 2016 | News
... or subject to compulsion, for instance in relation to mental health or mental capacity law. Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability ... their organisations across England and Wales to report on how well the UN Convention is being put into practice.” ...
Abolition of Human Rights Act kicked into touch
25 January 2017 | News
... the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights. This does not necessarily mean that decisions of the European ... UK but the proposed British Bill of Rights would determine how much notice the UK took of decisions made by that court. As ...
MPs ask whether Motability monopoly should face more competition
20 May 2018 | News
... of almost £700,000, plus management fees and interest. It does not sit comfortably with the Committees that the big ... with FTSE 250 companies. Motability Operations does not, however, face a number of fundamental risks and stresses that FTSE 250 companies face. The ...
Government reject recommendation to automatically send PIP claimants their assessment report
14 January 2018 | News
... the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration process. However, the Government says that it does not agree to Paul Gray's recommendation to provide ... we recommended that the DWP should provide a copy of the Healthcare Professional (HCP) report with all decisions ...
New Kings Fund report highlights the crisis in social care
14 September 2016 | News
A new report by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust shows a social care system unable to meet the needs of the ... finds that the care and support you get depends on how much money you have and where you live rather than the ... around a vision applicable to all.” For ways in which Disability Rights UK is working towards this aim see our ...
Disabled people still being overlooked in roadmap planning
22 February 2021 | News
... a coalition of Disabled People’s groups has warned the Health Minister Matt Hancock. A letter sent to Matt Hancock, ... and NHS in rolling out the vaccination programme. We very much welcomed the decision before Christmas to increase the ... of people who are clinically extremely vulnerable. However, there remain critical issues affecting Disabled ...
Justin Tomlinson replaced by Chloe Smith as Minister for Disabled People
16 September 2021 | News
... between the Department for Work and Pensions and the health service to support Disabled people who wanted to ... project, my work to support young people with physical and mental health problems takes place in both Norwich and in ... with a disability and health problem and discover just how rewarding this can be both for the young person and for ...
We welcome Integrated Personal Commissioning plans
09 July 2014 | News
... The programme is intended to extend the use of combined health and social care personal budgets. The four groups of ... learning disabilities, and people with severe and enduring mental health problems. In an earlier Guardian interview , ... social care budget by 2018. Liz Sayce, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK says: “When Simon Stevens announced ...
Our response: MPs say PIP a fiasco
19 June 2014 | News
... received any decision on their claim (See ‘PIP stats show broken system’ at ... Liz Sayce said ‘Having an accident, developing a health condition, becoming disabled – these are ... an independent life because they can use it to pay for much needed support. The Government’s poor track record in ...