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Anger over NHS Trust disabled parking fees
10 August 2015 | News
... 1 September, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract Hospitals, will charge blue badge holders up ... effect. "The lack of funding in the NHS is a national issue and is going to need a national solution and I do not think ...
High Court rules Access to Work cap is not unlawful
19 August 2018 | News
... R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2018] Read judgment David Buxton’s press ... was brought by Mr David Buxton, who was deaf. The two key issues heard were related to the public sector equality duty and indirect discrimination, in particular the ...
Prescription Charges Coalition meets with Lord Prior
30 May 2016 | News
... charge medical exemption list. Read more about the meeting Raise this issue online with your MP Disability Rights ... Health, Parkinson’s, Motor Neurone Disease, HIV and AIDS, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, and Heart Disease. The Prescription ...
NHS hospitals fail to investigate most deaths of inpatients with learning disabilities
20 December 2015 | News
Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is facing calls for a nationwide inquiry into the deaths of highly ... that just one in seven such fatalities in hospitals in England have been investigated. Data released to the Guardian ... freedom of information laws show that hospitals in England have investigated just 209 out of 1,436 deaths of ...
CPAG takes legal action against DWP for disabled claimants arrears
23 April 2018 | News
Child Poverty Action Group is legally challenging the DWP’s decision to limit backdated payments for ... when they were moved from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance. Read more CPAG argues that the ... full. For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
New payment to be introduced in Scotland to protect those challenging disability benefit decisions
01 November 2020 | News
Claimants challenging disability benefit decisions will be able to claim a new Short Term Assistance payment under Scotland’s new social security system The Scotland Act 2016 gave the Scottish Government new powers ...
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 ...
Two-thirds of frontline DWP staff don’t have enough time to handle safeguarding concerns carefully and correctly
21 June 2024 | News
Two-thirds of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff still do not have enough time to deal with safeguarding concerns “carefully” and “correctly” despite ... survey was completed by more than 1,700 DWP staff, of whom nearly 1,400 have direct contact with claimants. It was ...
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 ...