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Planning for the Better Care Fund
25 February 2015 | News
Public accounts Committee report: Planning for the Better Care Fund This new report finds that, ... initial planning for the Fund was deeply flawed. NHS England/Department of Health assumed the Fund would secure £1 ... 2015 setting out whether they have resolved the outstanding issues in areas without fully approved plans, and how they ...
Family of Errol Graham win judicial review challenge of DWP safeguarding policies
16 July 2020 | News
Following the death of Errol Graham the DWP will now have to ... in court about the legality of its safeguarding policies and why it has not reviewed and revised those policies as it ... He was known to suffer from serious mental health issues but in line with DWP safeguarding policies his ...
Centre for Ageing Better calls on the Government to make homes more accessible
10 November 2022 | News
As co-chairs of the housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition , Ageing Better calls ... to introduce a universal rise in accessibility standards. They are arguing that the financial and societal ... NHS of delayed transfer of care because of accessibility issues such as awaiting community equipment and adaptations ...
We respond to Govt disability employment strategy
16 December 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK urges Government to invest in the employment support disabled people want and need. The Government has issued its disability ... this right is vital to large numbers of disabled people and our families. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) welcomes in ...
Government to trial offer of additional Work Coach support for claimants awaiting their work capability assessment
07 June 2022 | News
Minister for Disabled People Chloe Smith has given a preview ... options for addressing some “short-to-medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. The Green Paper also aimed to ...
Report on our Leadership Academy graduation event
10 May 2018 | News
... for employees with lived experience of health conditions and disability. View video On 10 May 2018, we held the ... Through presentations the delegates highlighted key findings, from their reports, which gave attendees a chance to see first-hand key issues faced by disabled employees in the work place. Thus, ...
Words or Actions? A Cautious Welcome to the New Health Plan
03 July 2025 | News
Following the release of the Government's 10-Year Health Plan, our ... care closer to home. The principles of local, integrated, and preventative care are ones we have heard before. But for ... crises, the plan's success hinges on fixing deep-seated issues that previous governments have failed to solve. ...
Claimants with severe disability premium prevented from claiming universal credit
31 January 2019 | News
From 16 January 2019 new regulations prevent those receiving the severe disability premium (SDP) in a working age ... - an award of income support, income-related employment and support allowance, income-based jobseeker's allowance or ... continue to claim the above existing ‘legacy benefits’ and tax credits. This means that they will only move to ...
DWP admits 'Access to Work' support is failing Disabled people
14 February 2025 | News
MPs at a select committee hearing heard about the struggles facing many Disabled claimants ... funding that can pay for things like specialist equipment and assistive software for a Disabled person, support ... vulnerabilities", with one of his constituents waiting nearly six months for their application to be approved. ...
Kamran Mallick: 'I want to change the world for disabled people'
22 May 2018 | News
... of Disability Rights UK on how the organisation is campaigning to remove the kind of discrimination he faced. Read full ... the head when she stood next to his wheelchair. Now 45, and almost a year into his role as chief executive of ... and youth groups for disabled people in order to understand issues “from the grassroots”. In the coming months, he ...