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Government ignores court defeat in Lords debate on National Disability Strategy
16 February 2022 | News
In answers to questions on the progress of the Disability ... said the Government was “making strides, going forward and delivering”. She didn’t respond to a question from ... replied “…we are continually talking to stakeholders and charities for disabled people, locally and nationally. ...
ONS data shows exponential rise in non-Covid deaths during pandemic
20 October 2020 | News
Trends in the ONS weekly deaths data show a huge increase in ... - have mostly been deaths not involving Covid-19. Of the nearly 26,000 excess deaths in private homes registered from ... where coughing can be seen as a symptom of both lung cancer and Covid, diagnoses could have been misattributed, ...
EHRC examines whether discrimination victims on lower incomes are denied justice
14 November 2018 | News
Following changes to legal aid in 2012, funding for most ... of initial legal aid for discrimination cases dropped by nearly 60%. Since 2015 the number of discrimination cases ... in 2014 to 2015 to 2,608 in 2016 to 2017. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have launched an inquiry ...
The state of care in mental health services 2014 to 2017
19 July 2017 | News
This Care Quality Commission report presents findings from CQC's programme of comprehensive inspections of ... report The report combines evidence from CQC inspections and findings from its role in monitoring the use of the ... by NHS trusts were found to be good, with 6% rated as outstanding. Among independent services, 76% were rated as good ...
Citizens Advice survey shows millions will fall into energy bills debt
24 August 2022 | News
New analysis from Citizens Advice shows 1 in 4 (24%) people in the UK won’t be able to afford to pay ... Citizens Advice said that 3.2 million Disabled people and 4.4 million families with children will not be able to ... a survey of 6,000 people, take account of the energy rebate and cost-of-living payments already offered by the ...
Supreme Court grants permission to appeal in case of Jacqueline Maguire
02 March 2022 | News
... permission to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Jacqueline Maguire v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde. The Court of Appeal had previously upheld the ... was a woman with Down’s syndrome, learning disabilities and behavioural difficulties, who died whilst living in ...
One in three Capita PIP assessments found to have significant flaws
11 July 2019 | News
... reports have been found to be significantly flawed, according to Freedom of Information (FoI) Act response. The proportion of substandard personal independence payment (PIP) reports completed ... Capita has risen to 37% in the two years since 2016, when nearly 33% of reports were found to be defective. The figures ...
Emergency evacuation plans needed for disabled people in high rise blocks
20 January 2021 | News
The Grenfell Tower fire saw disabled people and their loved ones who stayed with them tragically die as they were unable to leave the building. Shocking and heart breaking evidence was presented to the Grenfell ...
Record 1.6 million food bank parcels given out in past year
25 April 2019 | News
... 2018 to March 2019 has been the busiest year for food banks in its history, according the Tressell Trust. During the ... consistently not covering the cost of living (33%), and delays or changes to benefits being paid. Almost half ... paid in UK were linked to Universal Credit. From this data, and other insights from food banks in the Trussell Trust’s ...
More than half of all new PIP claims in Scotland refused
26 January 2020 | News
More than half of new claims for personal independence payment (PIP) in Scotland are refused, according to a Scottish Government report ... replaced DLA with PIP in 2013, 167,000 new claims in Scotland have been unsuccessful, 54% of all applications • ...