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Bus driver disability awareness training review
27 January 2015 | News
Baroness Kramer has completed a review into EU Regulation 181/2011 and a mandatory disability awareness training exemption that ... of this training is not provided. Trailblazers Some of the issues that Trailblazers are reporting include: Bus drivers ...
CQC says speak up about your care - it makes a difference
18 February 2019 | News
New research for CQC shows people regret not raising concerns about their care – but those who do raise ... as new research* shows that almost 7 million people in England who have accessed health or social care services, in the ... with, not wanting to be seen as a ‘troublemaker’ (33%) and worries about not being taken seriously (28%). Over a ...
One quarter think Welfare State dead in 30 years
18 February 2014 | News
As David Cameron defends his “moral mission” against Cardinal Nichols accusations of welfare cuts being ... tax credits, child benefit, disability living allowance and unemployment benefit”, nearly six in ten (57%) British adults say that the welfare ...
Liz Sayce says care cuts impacting on independent living
16 February 2017 | News
BBC Today Programme, Radio 4, 17 February 2017 Link to Today Programme – item begins 1:33:00, Liz interviewed 1:37:29 to 1:40:00 DR UK ... lives when it enables participation in our communities and families – but cuts to Personal Budgets mean that this ...
Prezzo leaves Disabled man to eat in the rain
05 October 2021 | News
A Disabled man was left to eat outside in the rain at the Romsey branch of Prezzo after the pizza ... is their legal duty. We need tougher equality legislation and inspection, the burden of challenging non-compliance ...
Consultation on improving safety in Private Hire Vehicles
27 March 2018 | News
Transport for London are seeking views on a number on potential changes to private hire licensing. These include: Driving tests for private hire drivers Signage on ...
Social care sector unites in condemning Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
07 February 2019 | News
Human rights reform outrage – social care sector unites in open letter to Ministers criticising careless Mental ... care sector organisations have come together to unite and sign an open letter to the Minister of State for Social Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health ...
BBC highlights unfair PIP cut for disabled people in hospital
02 November 2022 | News
Thousands of Disabled people have had their benefits paused during extended hospital stays, under a rule charities say ... in the introduction of regulations removing the 84-day and 28 day payment limits for disability Living Allowance ...
Government accepts most of the PIP review recommendations in full
07 January 2018 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the two reviews Personal ... recommendations were that: The Department simplify and better co-ordinate communication products to provide a ...
National Apprenticeship Week 2018 – what’s on offer in the NHS?
04 March 2018 | News
It’s National Apprenticeship Week from 5-9 March 2018, and the NHS is keen to highlight the broad range of ... Did you know there are around 350 different careers in the NHS? It takes a lot of different people with various skills to keep the NHS running, and you might be surprised at the wide range of roles and ...