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DR UK delivers climate statement to COP27
29 November 2022 | News
... last week with a breakthrough agreement to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. ... climate warms due to barriers to accessing warning systems and transportation, as well as generally poor health, health ...
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 ...
Green Paper: Accessible Formats Published And Public Consultation Meeting Dates
08 April 2025 | News
The Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper ... of the Pathways to Work Green Paper are now available and can be accessed online here . In addition, if you need ...
National Campaign Launched Aiming For Step Change In Disability Justice
12 September 2024 | News
We all want a decent quality of life for ourselves and those we care about. Yet two million Disabled people are trapped in deep poverty, unable to afford to eat or heat their home. ... million) live in a household with a D isabled person. Nearly half of the poverty in the UK is therefore directly ...
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 ...
New guide to Adult Disability Payment in Scotland launched
14 August 2023 | News
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for people in Scotland between the age of 16 and pension age who need help taking part in everyday life ...
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 ...