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Compulsory meetings with health care professionals
08 July 2013 | News
Government announces two year pilot requiring people on sickness benefits to have regular meetings with doctors, occupational health nurses and therapists to help them address their barriers to work ... readiness for work by taking steps to manage their health issues. The three schemes are: health care professional-led ...
The challenges of personal health budgets
27 August 2013 | News
... evaluation report published today by the Nuffield Trust examines how personal health budgets will work in practice and the issues they raise for both commissioners and policy makers. ...
Disabled people ‘forgotten by Government’ as ‘perfect storm’ puts vital services on the brink
01 June 2020 | News
... disability charities have criticised the Government for failing to represent the interests of disabled people. ... disabled people are being “forgotten by the Government” and “allowed to fall through the cracks”. Vital services ... to specifically support disabled people through the pandemic and beyond, with many services suspended and facing ...
DR UK responds to the shelving of the Bill of Rights
07 September 2022 | News
... CEO of Disability Rights UK, said: One of the new Prime Minister's first actions this week was to shelve the British ... would have seen the withdrawal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and replaced it with dangerously fewer human rights ... Human Rights Act, and instead prioritise the many urgent issues currently facing Disabled people in this country. DR ...
Accessible information standard initiative
21 November 2013 | News
NHS England has begun a programme of work to develop and implement an Information Standard for accessible information. An ...
DWP Household Support Fund Awareness Week
17 October 2023 | News
The DWP has announced that “in aiming to further support households with the rising cost ... allocated £842 million to Local Authorities in England to extend the Household Support Fund for a year from 1 ... help if you’re struggling to afford things like: energy and water bills food essential items Your council ...
Steep learning curve for DWP to deliver in-work progression for claimants
10 May 2016 | News
In-work progression in Universal Credit View report This new Work and Pensions Committee report examines the potential for ... trialling an in-work service led by Jobcentre Plus (JCP) and will report findings in 2018.” The Committee welcomes ...
Go on, Get involved?
05 July 2017 | News
In this blog, Kate Pieroudis draws on her own considerable ... experience to say what co-production means to her and how it can be a life changing experience for disabled ... Lead at Disability Rights UK. GOGA supports disabled and non-disabled people to enjoy being active together. More ...
Paralympic athletes: PIP will ruin 2012 legacy
27 August 2013 | News
... who helped to transform attitudes towards disability in the UK believe the scrapping of Disability Living ... 2012. Personal Independence Payment, that will replace DLA and has been introduced for new claimants from June 2013, is ... were shared by other British Paralympians - “It would clearly be a concern if there was a situation outside of our ...
ILF protesters storm PM Question time
23 June 2015 | News
Protesters against closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) have ... of whom were in wheelchairs, had made their way towards - and attempted to "storm" into - the Commons chamber. The ... See news item on the BBC website Follow PMQs reaction and all the day's developments at Politics Live Follow on ...