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DR UK response to the Welfare Safety Net Inquiry
13 February 2019 | News
... in May 2010. Finally, figures obtained by Frank Field MP show that the amount spent on disabled people’s benefits ... a month related to their impairment or condition. What role does Universal Credit play in in relation to deprivation, or ... announced in Budget 2018 Budget, the charity stressed that much of the support will not come into force until July ...
Over 460% rise in PIP claims stopped due to failure to return review form
15 February 2023 | News
... by Tom Pursglove, the Minister for Disabled People, show that in 2017, 7,500 claims for personal independence ... as requiring “additional support”. While the DWP does not use a set definition of a “vulnerable” ... claimant: Mr. Pursglove said: “Claimants with serious mental health, or cognitive conditions who have difficulty ...
Disabled man starved to death after DWP wrongly stopped his benefits
26 January 2020 | News
... after two failed safeguarding visits. The DWP somehow managed to stop an ESA payment that had been due to be ... Deprived of all financial support, experiencing significant mental distress and unable or unwilling to seek help, he ... likely that his mental health was poor at this time – he does not appear to be having contact with other people, and ...
How to fix the funding of health and social care
20 June 2018 | News
... NHS, a new report calls for a parliamentary inquiry into how to raise this money now and into the future. View report ... unless the Government has a realistic plan for how the money will be raised. This Institute for Government ... pick. The report, the result of a project supported by the Health Foundation, concludes that a parliamentary inquiry ...
UN Rapporteurs Question UK Government Over Benefits Deaths and Austerity - Press Release
19 March 2024 | News
... are facing. They consistently expressed that evidence shows violations of the UNCRDP, including a regression of ... take responsibility on their failure to deliver this, that doesn’t mean that it’s not unacceptable. The world is ... disabled people will only make things worse. There is still much work to do to hold the government to account and expose ...
04 Strategic partner updates May 2015
11 May 2015 | News
... commissioning. For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... impact on professionals and on what they are doing? How does this happen? Maybe your DPULO is already involved with ... and may be interested in these discussions we very much look forward to hearing from you. Please get in touch ...
DR UK says the PM must stop scapegoating Disabled people for a failing economy
19 April 2024 | News
... evidence will be published today to seek responses both on how the current process works and how it can better support ... Payments (PIP), particularly for those with poor mental health. Much of the PM’s speech highlighted the increase in ...
New research reveals care funding postcode lottery
22 April 2018 | News
... patients are treated in the same way wherever they live. However, research by Which? has found that despite a ... in the same circumstances 10 miles down the road in Salford doesn’t have to pay anything. There is an assumption ... ‘system’ for the first time that they realise just how much they have to pay. At DRUK we think health and social ...
Government must raise sick pay rate to living wage, urges disability charities and trade unions coalition
13 October 2022 | News
... that is better for workers, employers and Britain's public health.” In a joint open letter, dozens of disability charities and trade unions urge a major ... For instance, Mind found that two in three people with a mental health problem, who received Statutory Sick Pay, ...
Moving Social Work: Ensuring Physical Activity for Disabled People as a Human Right
29 October 2024 | News
... we enjoy. Do read on to hear more of Isaac's thoughts on how important physical activity is for Disabled communities, ... It helps improve not only our physical health but also our mental, emotional, and even social well-being. For ... me, and for many others like me, this is a long-overdue and much-welcomed change. It is my hope that through Moving ...