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  • Excess winter deaths hit record high at over fifty thousand

    03 December 2018 | News

    ... by the Office for National Statistics estimate that in 2017/18 there were an estimated 50,100 excess winter deaths between December and March in England and Wales. Read more Office for ... hospitals by tackling the avoidable illnesses and health problems linked to living in a cold home.” Disability ...

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  • PM asked to fix social care

    06 September 2022 | News

    The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) has responded to research from Age UK by calling on the new Prime Minister Liz Truss to urgently provide ... their social care needs met such as washing, toileting, and eating and have called for huge investment in the care ...

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  • Disabled people deserve better support for work schemes

    03 March 2013 | News

    ... failure of the government’s programmes, Work Programme and Work Choice, to help disabled people into work. The Work Programme helped just over 1,000 out of ... for instance with people with serious mental health problems (who face the very greatest barriers to employment ...

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  • Channel 4 produces new guide to employing disabled people

    25 February 2018 | News

    Channel 4 has produced a pioneering guide to employing disabled people which has been ... how to make a company more attractive to disabled people and ways to offer support to disabled employees. As well as offering practical advice on finding, hiring and retaining disabled talent, the guide also explains why ...

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  • Free iPads for care homes ‘not enough’ says DR UK

    30 September 2020 | News

    Staff and people living in care homes are to be given free iPads to connect with friends and family this winter. The government says that: “iPads ...

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  • Fairness In The House: Report Into Politicians' Language of 'Fairness'

    20 October 2023 | News

    ... the Fairness Foundation launched a report called 'Fairness In The House', delving into the 'fairness' language of ... reveals some important truths about who ‘fairness’ and, by extension, politics as a whole – is seen to be ... on the right talk about fairness in relation to very clearly defined groups, such as taxpayers and hard-working ...

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  • Cost benefits of home adaptations for young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

    15 June 2017 | News

    A small scale pilot study finds very significant costs savings result from home ... difficulties’. Read full report - Disabled Children and the Cost Effectiveness of Home  Adaptations & Disabled ... their siblings); The research identified significant problems for local authority staff trying to facilitate ...

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  • We welcome Public Accounts Committee findings on continuing healthcare funding

    16 January 2018 | News

    NHS continuing healthcare funding (CHC) is a package of care provided outside of hospital that is arranged and funded solely by the NHS for those 18 or older who have ... into CHC in July , in which the NAO identified problems with the CHC assessment process as the current ...

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  • Improving disabled peoples sporting experiences

    11 March 2015 | News

    ... need more support to improve disabled people’s sporting experiences A report released by the English Federation ... on analysing the data that is applicable to disabled people and their coaching experiences. The key findings include: ... feel coaches are less likely to be able to deal with any problems that they may have, set goals or monitor ...

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  • Concerns over disabled peoples access to DHPs

    14 July 2014 | News

    Evaluation of Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy: Interim report This interim report on the implementation and effect of the bedroom tax highlights problems for disabled tenants where they have a rent ...

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