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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 ...
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 ...
More than free phone calls needed to solve disabled peoples universal credit problems
22 October 2017 | News
... of free phone calls to the Universal Credit helpline is welcome if long overdue However, the Universal ... Employment Support Allowance, disability elements of child and working tax credit, and other crucial disability ... calls needed to solve disabled peoples universal credit problems ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comedian to host 24 hour Tell-A-Thon
16 September 2022 | News
Comedian Rosie Jones feels that Disabled People are ignored in society and believes most people have very little awareness of the problems that the Disabled community face day to day, so ...
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 ...
EHRC imposes legally binding action plan on the DWP to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants
24 April 2022 | News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is requiring the DWP to ... met. The DWP outlined the steps being taken to address the problems identified. However, the Commission has concluded ... further action is necessary, given the seriousness of the issues. It is therefore drawing up a legally-binding ...
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 ...