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Liberal Democrats make Care and Disabled peoples rights central to their manifesto
10 June 2024 | News
... released their election manifesto, which contained much on the issues of care, health and disability. Speaking live from London, Ed Davey, ... On education, there were several policies relevant to mental health and SEND: Put a qualified mental health ...
New CQC Report Into the State of Health and Social Care in England
24 October 2023 | News
This year has been another turbulent one for health and social care. In addition to the ongoing problem ... lists in June 2023. But the true number of people could be much higher, as some people who need treatment are ... across the country are being failed by a system that simply does not care. Care is not something we should baulk at; ...
Time for a Fundamental Rethink of the Mental Health Bill's Approach to Risk
04 July 2025 | News
... organisation led by people with personal experience of mental distress/trauma, has published a report into the Mental Health Bill currently going through the House of Lords. ... psychiatric hospitals and forced treatment are effective. However, there is clear evidence both of trauma caused by ...
The Demands For Disability and Climate Justice - Our Political Landscape Is Failing Us
20 February 2024 | News
... for drastic measures to prevent climate catastrophe, and how they will never be effective if they don't centre the ... “one size fits all mantra” on environmental policy DOES. NOT. WORK. For future climate policy to work for all, ... This is where Keir Starmer joins the story again. Following much Government inaction and false starts, the Labour Leader ...
New Z2K Report Security Not Sanctions: Making Universal Credit Work For Seriously Ill And Disabled People
22 May 2024 | News
... with disabled claimants, calling for a major overhaul of how universal credit works with health and disability. The report highlights that ... rent, and while they would remain in poverty, this would be much less deep poverty than the current system forces them ...
New JRF report: Unlocking benefits -Tackling barriers for Disabled people wanting to work
14 November 2024 | News
... to £3 billion in cuts to health/disability benefits. However, the JRF says that targeting arbitrary savings (set ... and healthcare. It needs to ensure jobs are designed to be much more viable for Disabled people and more supportive ... in job support and to reinstate benefits if work doesn’t work out; increase UC’s work allowances for ...
Thousands of Disabled People to be £2,800 a Year Worse Off Under Universal Credit
07 May 2024 | News
... funding have been working-age households who rent, though much of the increase in weekly payments has covered soaring rent bills. However, single people with a long-term disability that ... for renters extends to much higher earnings levels than it does for “ legacy benefits ”. The Foundation said: ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Three
14 August 2024 | News
... our paths into the disability movement, and learned just how much history and passion lies within our own staff team. ... family noticed that I was not reaching significant developmental milestones such as sitting up, crawling or walking. I ...
Two new mental health blogs
06 September 2016 | News
... with Disabilities we have published these two blogs In Mental health disabilities and ‘will and preferences’ George ... of mental ‘illness’ Ben Clubbs Coldron discusses how we can reframe the mental health debate away from hard ...
Mental health services failing Disabled children
16 February 2022 | News
More than 100,000 children have been discharged from mental health services before receiving any treatment, according to ... office. Children’s Mental Health Services 2020/21 shows that, although mental health spending on children’s ...