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New Personal Health Budgets and NHS Continuing Health Care factsheet
09 July 2017 | News
... have a primary healthcare need, you can receive free care and support funded by the National Health Service NHS to ... meet your healthcare needs. You may be able to get NHS continuing healthcare, also known as "fully funded NHS care", ... NHS continuing healthcare is for adults. Children and young people could receive a "continuing care package" ...
Our Disability and Skills Unit publishes Access to Work film presentation
18 December 2016 | News
... Edwards from Access to work gave a presentation at the Inclusive Apprenticeships and Skills Development Seminar which includes information on support for apprenticeships and how to make a referral to AtW. You can find out more ...
Minister for Disabled People addresses organisations on sport and physical activity
23 November 2015 | News
... representatives from 70 organisations heard from leaders in disability rights, sport and Government at the Making Active Lives Possible ... included the Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson and our CEO Liz Sayce. Held during the UK Disability History ...
DR UK Responds To Proposed Changes To Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
29 April 2024 | News
... to be published that will set out plans to change personal independence payments (PIP), the main disability benefit for adults, through changes to eligibility criteria and assessments. Personal Independence Payment is a vital piece of social infrastructure, and the clear agenda of the Government's latest proposal is ...
Care and Support Alliance calls on Government to address care crisis
20 September 2015 | News
The Care and Support Alliance, of which Disability Rights UK is a ... Adult Services (ADASS), the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) and the NHS Confederation have called on the Government to invest in social care In a joint submission to the Treasury ...
Scottish Blue badge scheme to be extended to carers and relatives
19 December 2017 | News
Scotland’s blue badge parking scheme for disabled people has been permanently extended to cover carers and relatives of people with conditions such as dementia, ...
AGM January 2015
26 January 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK 3rd Annual General Meeting: 26 January 2015 -1pm – 4pm at Resource for London The ... Disability Rights UK Liz Sayce then outlined the past year and what we can expect in the coming year. Following members ... provision - We had 700,000 downloads of our factsheets and 8,000 were served through our helplines (our Self ...
Bus user "ridiculed and belittled" by drivers who refuse help boarding
13 December 2021 | News
A woman says she was left feeling "ridiculed and belittled" by a bus driver who refused to ... Instead of letting the ramp out, he shut the bus door and just left us there. I was so hurt because I don't ...
DR UK speaks at APPG on Universal Credit and Disability Agenda
05 February 2018 | News
The APPG on Universal Credit and Disability took place in the Grimond Room in Portcullis House from 2pm – 3.15pm ... Rights UK. James Taylor, Head of Policy, Public Affairs and Campaign at Scope. Garry Lemon, Head of External Affairs ...
Switching Focus: Whose responsibility to improve disabled peoples employment and pay
28 November 2018 | News
... employers to improve disabled people’s employment and pay. It also considers how proposals could be framed and pursued, to enable people to unite to achieve them. www.lse.ac.uk/switchingfocus - full report, with executive summary at the front ...