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APPG latest: Ahead of the Arc and our international outlook
04 July 2018 | News
... the last few months the APPG has held productive events within Parliament and achieved success progressing the Ahead of the Arc report ... in March, we held a meeting on International Development and its role in driving equality and inclusion on a global ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part One
31 July 2024 | News
Welcome to our new blog series, going into the personal and activist history of Disability ... baked beans steaming away, travelling down dark lanes very early in the morning. After the strike ended I felt a bit ...
Regulator highlights concerns around autism and learning disability services in damning annual care review
02 November 2022 | News
The health and care system is "gridlocked and unable to operate ... effectively", the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned. In its annual assessment of the system, the regulator voiced ... autistic people, suggesting "inspections continue to find issues with culture, leadership and a lack of genuine ...
Office for Disability Issues moves to new Equalities Hub
31 October 2019 | News
From today (1 November 2019), the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has moved from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to become a new Disability Unit which will join the Race Disparities Unit in a new Equalities Hub based ...
Guide to recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace
06 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK, in conjunction with Disability@Work , have written a guide ... in the workplace. Building for success in recruiting and supporting disabled people in the workplace is a free of ... For further information on welfare rights, education issues and social care you will find our factsheets/guides ...
Strategic partner updates for July 2014
30 July 2014 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner ... and honest” report on current provision. One of the issues flagged are wrong incentives for local ... and discuss how to tackle these. They show potential problems and opportunities by making comparisons with other ...
Cross Party MPs call for public inquiry into benefit related deaths
14 October 2022 | News
The Liberal Democrats, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green Party have backed the calls of bereaved families, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, Child Poverty Action Group, and DR ... of State for Work and Pensions Chloe Smith MP, warning “problems with the design and operation of the system can ...
Govt response to WCA fourth review
26 March 2014 | News
... of the Work Capability Assessment The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) appointed Dr Paul Litchfield to undertake ... that assessment reports are an accurate reflection of the issues explored during discussions. We will work with our ... experience of dealing with people with mental health problems so that they can contextualise findings at ...
Strategic partner updates for September 2013
02 October 2013 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner to ... departments and Clinical Commissioning Groups do grasp the issues but do not know where to start. If one looks at ... issues are muscular skeletal and low level mental health problems. The highest risk factor is tobacco, followed by ...
Next steps towards a fully inclusive transport network
24 July 2018 | News
... across all types of travel for people with visible and less visible disabilities. View Inclusive Transport ... user.” The Strategy says that ‘wheelchair users facing problems accessing buses will be able to report issues using a new online tool’ but until the legal ...