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Sign The Petition To Defend Vital Benefits For Disabled People Unable To Work
30 January 2024 | News
... need additional income as a result of disability or ill health. We’re worried about this for three reasons: ... deeper into poverty and harming people’s physical and mental health. Get Involved As we head into a ... dangerous and unfair reforms to disability benefits and show you stand with seriously ill and disabled people.” ...
Strict DWP Work Conditionality Ineffective And Often Harmful
08 August 2024 | News
... - is driving perverse outcomes and is not aligned with how the public think people should be treated, argues New ... is required. Additional barriers such as disabilities, health conditions, and caring responsibilities should exempt ... shift the system away from a starting question of “How much conditionality is it reasonable to place on this ...
Minister for Disabled people confirms there are no plans to means test DLA or PIP
29 November 2022 | News
... a “categorical assurance” that the means testing of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence ... part of the Chancellor’s 17 November Autumn Statement. However, on 14 November, Marsha De Cordova, Labour’s ... of Work and Pensions, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Tom Pursglove said: “We have no plans to ...
New Bill:Disclosure of disabled employee numbers
11 March 2015 | News
... about informing a potential employer of their disability or health condition 77% fear they will be discriminated against ... worry that they will be a nuisance to employers Those with mental health conditions are least likely to disclose A ... about their condition (78%), while those in a wheelchair showed the least concern (39%). Helen Cooke, founder of ...
Minister for Disabled people confirms there are no plans to means test DLA or PIP
29 November 2022 | News
... a “categorical assurance” that the means testing of disability living allowance (DLA) and personal independence ... part of the Chancellor’s 17 November Autumn Statement. However, on 14 November, Marsha De Cordova Labour’s Shadow ... of Work and Pensions, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Tom Pursglove said: “We have no plans to ...
Assessment, Eligibility and Support Planning
15 April 2025 | Resource
... you to produce a care and support plan whereby you decide how you wish your care and support needs to be met . BACK TO ... to be appropriate and proportionate in that you have as much contact with the local authority as you need. The ... person’s needs arise from or are related to physical or mental impairment or illness. This encompasses physical, ...
DR UK welcomes Govt decision not to appeal PIP psychological distress judgement
18 January 2018 | News
... McVey has now confirmed that the DWP will not appeal Disability Rights UK, who supported this case, welcome the ... U-turn as it affects an estimated 164,000 claimants with mental health conditions. You can read reports of the Government's ...
Personalised approaches to care - statement
18 May 2020 | News
... last week as part of an ongoing programme of work across health and social care to maintain and champion personalised ... a joint statement: Statement The outbreak of coronavirus does not change long-established best practice that ... and possible, and in compliance with the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and related guidance where ...
Inspiring disabled staff groups to express and address local needs
11 October 2016 | News
... within a local framework. Read blog Bernd coordinates our Health and Care Voluntary Sector Strategic Partner ... to improve services and promote well-being for all. It does this by: Helping reach the most vulnerable, excluded ... Our Lives and CHANGE). For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ...
Access to Work cap goes up to £59,200 in April
11 February 2019 | News
... to Work provides financial support to ensure someone’s disability or health condition doesn’t hold them back at work, and last year more than ...