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Nearly £3 billion to be awarded to private sector contractors to assess ESA, Universal Credit and PIP
21 November 2021 | News
The DWP is to award contracts worth nearly £3 billion over the next 5 years to carry out work capability assessment for ESA and Universal Credit and assessments for PIP. The DWP says it wishes to “appoint supply partners with the prerequisite expertise, ...
Disability Sheffield ILF Guide
21 May 2015 | News
Legal Guide and FAQs for ILF Users and Other People with High Support Needs This guide has been written to help Independent Living Fund ( ILF) users understand legal and practical issues about community care assessments and support and how ...
Our housing grants factsheet has been updated
27 August 2018 | News
Our housing grants factsheet has been updated into four separate sections for ease of use. Housing grants in England Housing grants in Wales Housing grants in Scotland ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Have your say on the Pensions Bill
23 June 2013 | News
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Government’s Pensions Bill? If so, you can ... matters contained within the Bill and concentrate on issues where you have a special interest or expertise, and ...
Care Minister announces ‘key worker’ care home visitor pilot
14 October 2020 | News
Designated visitors to relatives in care homes are to be given key worker status to ensure ... this is a pilot. We should immediately move to making tests and PPE available for all close family and friends who want to visit loved ones. The separation is ...
MPs hear adult social care evidence
25 March 2014 | News
The Public Accounts Committee is taking evidence the issues raised in the National Audit Office (NAO) report into Care for adults in England. The report, Adult social care in England: overview , ...
Dis Life: 'Avert your eyes from Prince Harry and fix them back on the decimated NHS'
12 January 2023 | News
DR UK's Anna Morell urges Brits to remove their gaze from Prince Harry's bombshell memoir Spare and pay attention again to the underfunding of the NHS. ... Life column Dis Life: 'Avert your eyes from Prince Harry and fix them back on the decimated NHS' ...
New guide to illegal exclusions
13 September 2017 | News
In July 2017, the government released new exclusions ... people responsible for children’s education to understand their responsibilities and the scale of this issue to ensure that less children are ...
MP tells PMQs about unsanctioned DNR death
17 June 2021 | News
The MP for Peterborough Paul Bristow has told the Prime Minister about a patient who died as a direct result of her ... on their records because they had learning disabilities and schizophrenia. Addressing Prime Minister’s Question ... orders were placed on patients with learning disabilities and mental illness last year, many were unlawful and caused ...
Book your Disability Confidence Training online
05 August 2013 | News
You can now book places on our Disability Confidence Training Courses online Disability confidence for all training ... in work wanting to increase your awareness of disability issues or gain more confidence working with and supporting disabled colleagues or customers. The ...