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Benefit changes and loneliness behind the growing deficit of mental health care
12 March 2019 | News
NHS Ptoviders report - Mental health services: Addressing the care deficit Read news item Read key points and conclusions of report Over half (59 per cent) of NHS ... which identifies widespread concerns about growing social and economic hardship in their communities - in particular ...
DR UK calls for more coordinated and flexible support for disabled entrepreneurs
02 May 2017 | News
"Gig economy" companies free-riding on the welfare state. Read report View our response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy consultation “Building our Industrial Strategy” In its report the Work and Pensions Committee says Government must close the ...
3D Printing: What is it and what can it do for you?
31 January 2016 | News
... Lecturer at the University of Dundee who specialises in interaction design, especially the use of technologies to support communities and civic engagement. You might have seen an increasing ... number of articles in the media about 3D printing and digital fabrication in recent years, predicting that we ...
I Can Make It activity and Ministerial support for the Social Value Act
20 July 2017 | News
I Can Make It welcomes comments made by Penny Mordaunt the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on 13 th July, in a speech to Localis , an ... who have a real focus on boosting employment, training and skills for disabled people as part of their bids. Public ...
DR UK and our members respond to Commons defeat of Lords amendments
23 February 2016 | News
The result of the Commons vote not to reinstate the 25% cut to new ESA claimants from April 2017 is ... to be able to afford to take part in things like training and work experience. It will also lead to disabled people struggling to pay food and heating bills which will have a damaging impact on their ...
CQC to conduct 12 local system reviews of health and social care
04 July 2017 | News
CQC has been asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Communities and Local Government to undertake a programme of local system reviews of health and social care in 12 local authority areas. Read CQC press release These ...
DR UK gives evidence to Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement
25 April 2018 | News
Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement: The Ties that Bind: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the 21st Century Read report ...
DR UK signs petition against shared space and presents letter to PM
10 May 2018 | News
On the anniversary of a report condemning the use of shared space, Transport for All joined the ... for a day of action outside Parliament. Read full report and letter to the Prime Minister Around forty Disabled and older people, as well as representatives from ...
Disabled people between 3 and 4 times more likely to die of Coronavirus - ONS
10 February 2021 | News
... Disabled people were at more than three times the risk of dying from Coronavirus than non-disabled people between January and November 2020. The risk was 3.1 times greater for more-disabled men and 1.9 times greater for less-disabled men, compared to ...
New HMCTS webchat service to give social security appeal guidance and support
15 September 2019 | News
People using Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) website can now get immediate social security and child support and probate guidance and support online ...