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Disabled UC claimants underpaid by over £350 per month due to DWP failure to start WCA process
04 October 2022 | News
... month work capability amount . If a UC claimant reports a health condition that may affect their ability to work via a ... credit capability for work questionnaire (UC50). However, NAWRA has been working with the Strategic Public ... prevent serious illness or even death. “We would very much like to meet with you, and your officials, to discuss ...
Proposed Social Care Cap: Comparison with existing system
23 May 2017 | News
... is intended for information only and is not intended as a Disability Rights UK opinion on the merits or otherwise of ... limit of £100,000, including the cost of - no matter how large the cost of care turns out to be An “absolute ... how income is to be treated under a new means test system Does the term ‘care costs’ include daily living (hotel ...
DPOs demand full disclosure at Covid Inquiry
06 June 2023 | News
... people when planning for and responding to the pandemic. How and why many Disabled people were initially excluded ... from Covid 19 and from other conditions due to cuts to health and social care, and (2) at risk socially, physically ... the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 granted so much power to the Executive over and above the scrutiny of ...
Being Active Guide
05 January 2015 | News
Being Active: A guide for people with impairments or health conditions This guide supports more disabled people ... information, so they have control over where, what and how they can start being active. Research shows that most ... or physical activity. This guide is fantastic because it doesn’t supply endless pages of links, opportunities or ...
Law firm wants examples of people losing disability premiums following move to UC
14 March 2018 | News
... and ‘AR’, they both suffer from physical and/or mental health conditions. The loss of their SDP and EDP has ... for the court to be provided with other case studies which show the broad and varied range of situations in which ...
Eleven new disability research projects receive £1 million as DRILL calls for new bids
15 May 2017 | News
... each of previously awarded funding to explore aspects of how disabled people can live as full citizens in our ... are led by disabled people or people with long term health conditions, working in co-production with academics ... Ireland Praxis Researching the experiences of people with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities of ...
People who are currently shielding can no longer get SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020
30 June 2020 | News
... outbreak will not be eligible for statutory sick pay (SSP) on that basis from 1 August 2020. Responding to a ... means that although the advice is still to stay at home as much as possible, those shielding may wish to go out to more ... or because they have been notified by the NHS or public health authorities that they have come into contact with ...
Standard of ESA and PIP assessments unacceptable says Public Accounts Committee
30 March 2016 | News
... the level of service for claimants with fluctuating and mental health conditions. It also questions the value for money of ... contractors are below the required standard and evidence shows that attempts to reduce delays have undermined the ...
Funding Postgraduate Education for Disabled Students
04 March 2024 | Resource
... qualifications Teaching Law Social work Medicine, Health and Biomedical Sciences Regional funding Research ... after graduation, it’s tempting to stay on in education. However it’s important to research whether postgraduate ... law courses. If the application form for the course doesn’t ask about your impairment you may wish to write to ...
Our concerns over timetable for moving existing disabled claimants to UC
30 July 2018 | News
... for moving disabled people and people with long-term health conditions from legacy benefits onto Universal ... managed migration, which include being disabled or having a mental health condition, but we are concerned about how these claimants will be identified. There is currently ...