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Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
New research shows the stressful assessment process for Personal ... Payment (PIP) is making people's conditions worse. The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC), has launched the ... evidence gathering processes, to explore ways to: educate health and social care professionals on how to provide ...
Election experience research opportunity
26 November 2024 | News
... keen to speak to individuals with a physical or mental health condition that affects them in the following areas: ... for taking part in an interview, you would receive a £40 payment from IFF. If you are interested in taking part in ...
Disabled people paying vastly more for care in past two years
25 August 2021 | News
Disabled people are being told by councils to pay vastly more for care, according to research from the ... cuts. The BBC spoke to Saskia Granville who has a learning disability and lives in West Sussex. Her care charges have ... that Disabled people with the least resources have to somehow magic up vast sums of money to pay for these punitive ...
Disability Rights welcomes proposals for new access law for disabled people
01 December 2015 | News
Richard Howitt MEP says "Finally Europe Relents" as the new EU ... MEP, in his capacity as Co-President of the All-Party Disability Rights Group of MEPs. Richard said the proposal ... nor is it the right of equal access to services. "But it does begin the legislative process, allowing the European ...
Prescription charge rise hits patients say PCC
31 March 2015 | News
... 40 charities representing millions of people with long-term health conditions, today condemned the latest rise in ... of the past 36 years. Research by the PCC consistently shows that 1 in 3 people with long-term conditions such as ... and Scleroderma Association Cystic Fibrosis Trust Rethink Mental Illness Disability Rights UK Royal Pharmaceutical ...
The Impact of Ticket Office Closures on Disabled People
04 July 2023 | News
... will have on Disabled people accessing rail travel. Disability Rights UK note with deep concern that the ... tickets can be bought at the many ticket vending machines. However, we know that we can demonstrate by being involved ... and onto the train station concourse, it will make it so much harder for disabled people to seek help to find out ...
Government fails to commit to Household Support fund
04 March 2024 | News
... goes to councils across the country to provide special payments to help families during the cost-of-living crisis, ... cause ‘serious risk’ to your own or your family’s health or safety. Some councils might specify that you be in receipt of certain benefits to apply. However, according to sources, the HSF will finish at the ...
New regulations issued excluding disabled students from Universal Credit entitlement
04 August 2020 | News
... be receiving [higher] education' for those in receipt of a disability benefit. They amend the exception to the ... to increase the number of disabled people in employment. However, DR UK will not give up on this issue and will lobby ... to encourage disabled people to take up education – but doesn’t explain how New regulations issued excluding ...
Disabled people receiving Support for Mortgage Interest will now be able to transfer this when moving home
17 June 2019 | News
... be asked to reapply for the loan on their new property. However, the Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child ... benefit for those who move into a new property due to a disability or health condition, as they will continue to receive ...
Disability Rights UK enters Health and Wellbeing Alliance
11 May 2017 | News
... to announce that DRUK has joined the Department of Health's Health and Wellbeing Alliance - as part of the user-led Win ... Equality Foundation and The National LGB&T Partnership. Disability Rights UK enters Health and Wellbeing Alliance ...