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Think Local Act Personal launches a report on lived experience of access to care and support
22 October 2020 | News
The TLAP Insight group (TIG) which makes up a group of organisations with key insight and expertise within the social care sector have reported that the lived experience of people accessing care and support during the pandemic can be greatly improved ...
Secret reviews into DWP deaths have more than doubled in three years
20 July 2022 | News
New figures show how the number of secret reviews into deaths of benefit claimants that have been linked to the failings of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has more than doubled over the last three ... process reviews (IPRs) into deaths between July 2019 and June 2020, 59 from July 2020 to June 2021, and 38 in the ...
Just one in ten blind people could vote in election – RNIB report
14 October 2020 | News
... has released a new report – Turned Out 2019 – about blind and partially sighted people’s experience of voting in the ... right, but the current voting system relies on sight and simply does not work for blind and partially sighted ...
140 disabled people ‘incarcerated’ in hospitals due to lack of accessible housing
10 March 2020 | News
Leading learning disability charity Mencap has uncovered data ... Central, Lucy Powell, said that the council had a “moral and financial” duty to house him, following a Guardian ... Ahmed has multiple disabilities, is registered blind and uses a wheelchair but has been well enough to leave an ...
Right to be active and well is a human right for disabled people; a call for action!
12 April 2017 | News
... shares his thoughts on the importance of recognising the staggering inequalities faced by disabled people today when developing wellbeing and physical activity opportunities. Read article In this ... he also discusses how this connects to the latest Equality and Human Rights Commission report. Right to be active ...
NHS offer greater choice of care and more control for wheelchair users over their provision
17 May 2016 | News
NHS England today sets out action to help people manage their own health by giving them more choice and control about the personal care they receive. Three key ...
DR UK briefing on Govt initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people
21 May 2018 | News
Comments on government initiatives to increase apprenticeships for disabled people and summary of DR UK Into Apprenticeships, Traineeships and Supported Internships event 2018 Read briefing DR UK ...
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home
07 October 2022 | Resource
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home ...
Disability Rights UK honours the memory of Kevin Fitzpatrick, disability rights leader and campaigner
16 February 2016 | News
Kevin Fitzpatrick was one of the 12 founding commissioners of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). ... obituary Disability Rights UK honours the memory of Kevin Fitzpatrick, disability rights leader and campaigner ...
DWP told to pay £50,000 to Deaf job-seeker after repeated failure to provide BSL interpreter
28 May 2024 | News
A tribunal has told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to pay nearly £50,000 in damages to a Deaf man after repeatedly failing to provide ...