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Government policies on rail travel to seriously disadvantage Disabled people
12 May 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK wrote to Mark Harper, Secretary of ... statistics from the Office of Road and Rail, which show the serious levels of failure of booked passenger ... which is based on the London and South East approach and does not take rural services or unstaffed stations into ...
NAO report lays bare shortfalls in adult social care
30 March 2021 | News
... by the National Audit Office (NAO). The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets policy and has overall ... Although the CQC rates most care as good, DHSC can’t tell how effectively local authorities commission care and the ... reforms committed to in the recent White Paper. The DHSC does not have a clear strategy to develop accommodation for ...
Esther McVey makes statement on ESA arrears: Public Accounts Committee responds
18 July 2018 | News
... of the Public Accounts Committee report on ESA underpayments More about the Public Accounts Committee report ... 15 March I provided the House with a statement setting out how the work my Department was undertaking to correct ... which has now accepted that its obligation to repay is much wider than it originally tried to claim. The numbers ...
DR UK comment on mini Budget
23 September 2022 | News
... to see an increase in benefits for those who cannot work much, or at all, due to disability. “Changes to Universal Credit will increase ...
School absenteeism seen as a ‘national crisis’
22 February 2023 | News
... solutions to the crisis. Elliot Major said that evidence on how to reduce persistent absenteeism was weak.He told the ... autistic, have SEND and are highly anxious, and many have mental health distress which is a disability.A Special Needs Jungle ...
Winter vaccine schedule for Disabled people unclear
25 August 2021 | News
... care home residents, over-70s, frontline health and social care workers and people classified as ... considered for a third jab. The news comes as new research shows that fully vaccinated adults can harbour Delta variant ... this causes greater transmission of the virus, but it does raise concerns. The current data suggests that people ...
‘Odds Stacked Against Young Disabled People’ DR UK’s Response to Lord’s Inquiry
31 October 2023 | News
... young Disabled people receive throughout this transition, how far public services demonstrate best practice on ... in life. Changes in education, welfare, student finance, health and social care are not streamlined enough and the ... and at times a dangerous impact on the young person’s mental health. We’re glad to see the Public Services ...
Claimant views on ways to improve PIP and ESA questionnaires: new DWP research
25 July 2021 | News
The DWP has published research to obtain their views on how the questionnaires used as part of the PIP and work ... captures the full and complex impacts of certain health conditions and disabilities. It was clear that ... ESA and PIP claimants. More routing throughout or separate mental health and physical condition questionnaires; More ...
PIP fails to meet needs of people with ME in Scotland
06 March 2016 | News
A new report from Action for M.E. highlights how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is failing to meet ... applied as intended the design of PIP eligibility criteria does not adequately capture the functional limitations ... Scotland in September 2015. Action for M.E. is a member of Disability Rights UK. PIP fails to meet needs of people with ...
DWP responds to Coroner’s Prevention of Death notice following tragic death of Philippa Day
31 May 2021 | News
... an overdose of insulin as a result of stresses including mental health problems and a growing sense of failure However, the Coroner held that the “predominant factor” ...