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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 ...
Changes to the definition of "terminally ill" for the purposes of PIP, DLA and AA
03 April 2023 | News
... ill” for the purposes of personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA), and attendance allowance ... of people in their final year of life to have their disability benefits fast-tracked available from gov.uk. ...
See how DR UK celebrates National Fitness Day
25 September 2018 | News
... Instead of writing about why you should get fit we’re showing the different ways that some of our staff at Disability Rights UK keep ourselves physically active. And ... got the pictures to prove it too! Read our blog See how DR UK celebrates National Fitness Day ...
Personal Health Budgets: Treat or treatment?
31 August 2015 | News
In response to press reports concerning the use of Personal Health Budgets, Disability Rights UK calls for greater investment in support ... people living with impairments or health conditions, have shown how this can be done – by pioneering personalised ...
Those who ‘fail to attend’ telephone work capability assessments may now have their ESA stopped or UC entitlement changed
04 November 2020 | News
... fails to attend an ESA or Universal Credit telephone health assessment without “good reason”. In its 6 ... provided and accepted, support will continue.” If someone does not attend or participate fully in their work ... not having a limited capability for work unless they can show “good cause” for not attending or in the case of ...
Scrap Tories Proposed WCA Reforms: Open Letter From DR UK And Allies To New Work And Pensions Secretary
09 July 2024 | News
... 9 other ally organisations - including Z2K Mind, Rethink Mental Illness Sense , the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and ... or are comprised of Disabled people and people with serious health conditions; and anti-poverty organisations to ask for ... more likely to live in poverty, and recent research has shown that two thirds of people currently living in ...
Planning for the Better Care Fund
25 February 2015 | News
... for the Fund was deeply flawed. NHS England/Department of Health assumed the Fund would secure £1 billion in ... and save £532 million in 2015–16 but the Committee does not believe it is possible to reduce emergency ... and delayed discharges is significant. It is not yet clear how all local authorities will protect adult social care ...
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
27 November 2024 | News
... increased risk of developing respiratory and cardiovascular health conditions, as well as poor mental health and unintentional injury. Over £3.7 billion ... Group said: “Last week the Government’s own estimates showed that cutting the winter fuel payment for pensioners ...
DBC open letter to Government on second chance to stop ESA cuts
16 November 2016 | News
... would be given to disabled people in the WRAG to find work, however the recent Green Paper offers little detail as to ... disabled people we surveyed say this cut would cause their health to suffer and just under half said they would ... Society Niamh Papworth Trust Parkinson’s UK Rethink Mental Illness Royal British Legion Royal College of ...
Ministerial contempt for the UNCRPD?
25 October 2015 | News
... has caught the attention of rights campaigners, including Disability Rights UK, concerning the UN Convention on the ... law and to protect the integrity of public life". So far much of the criticism of this change has focused on the ... the government's claim that the amendment to the code does not reflect a substantive change. Rights Watch ...