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Latest learning disabilities mortality statistics make for grim reading
03 May 2018 | News
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Annual Report 2017 View ... learning disabilities, identify learning from those deaths, and take forward the learning into service improvement ... a local, named health care coordinator. Providers should clearly identify people requiring the provision of reasonable ...
Government continues Household Support Fund (HSF)
03 September 2024 | News
... residents with essential expenses such as food, utilities, and clothing . The funding is provided by central government and enables local councils to support low-income families in ...
Disabled people launch legal challenge against consultation of rail ticket office closures
20 July 2023 | News
... rail users have launched a legal challenge to the rail industry’s consultation on planned closure of hundreds of rail ticket offices across England over the next three years. Regular rail travellers Sarah ... even more so for disabled people given the accessibility issues described above. The Defendants have failed to take ...
NAO says health and disability assessments costing more and still backlogs
07 January 2016 | News
... National Audit Office report on Contracted-out health and disability assessments raises questions on the value for money of services provided by new assessment providers and has concerns about future tendering. View report - Contracted-out health and disability ...
Labour Fail to Appoint Minister for Disabled People One Week After Election
12 July 2024 | News
Last week the Labour party was swept into power, with the party leader Keir Starmer ushering in a ... election, many Disabled Peoples organisations, charities and Disabled activists are feeling deflated. As the new cabinet is rapidly assembled and names are applied to various governmental departments, ...
MPs question Secretary of State on Universal Credit rollout
17 October 2017 | News
Amid growing calls from across the political spectrum for a pause in the Universal Credit rollout as evidence of problems continues to mount, the Work and Pensions Committee takes evidence from Secretary of ...
Special educational needs assessment system a ‘roll of the dice’
24 March 2021 | News
Schools are a ‘lottery’ and have the most bearing on whether a child will be identified as having Special ... the country. We know that the pandemic has compounded problems for families trying to access adequate SEND ...
Scrapping prescription charges can save money
21 May 2018 | News
... Economics Consortium published 22 May 2018 shows that scrapping prescription charges for people with Parkinson's and inflammatory bowel disease would save the NHS money. Read it here Thousands of people tell the Prescription Charges Coalition (PCC) ...
Give your views on accessibility within the railway system
28 July 2016 | News
DRUK Ambassador and DAA Transport project lead Stephen Brookes has been approached by National rail to assist in seeking people to attend a series of groups where ... end-to-end experience, whether there are any current problems when travelling on today's railway. They ...
Demand for children’s mental health support three times beyond capacity
23 June 2021 | News
Projections from the Centre for Mental Health, involving NHS economists, suggest demand for child mental health support post pandemic will be up ... and social distancing have left a legacy of behavioural problems for children and families, with many children ...