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Survey for everyone with lived experience of a personal health budget
15 April 2019 | News
NHS England has commissioned Quality Health to run a survey, closing 14 May 2019 to gather feedback about people’s experiences of personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets. Go to survey It is open to ...
FutureFit: how tech can get everyone moving more
07 June 2018 | News
FutureFit is the biggest and gathering of tech startups and sports innovators during London Tech Week in the heart ...
Poor care training putting disabled people at risk
22 April 2015 | News
The safety of disabled people who rely on homecare is being put at risk because staff are receiving inadequate ... survey of more than 1,000 care workers employed by councils and private firms across the UK, found that staff are ... bags, peg feeding, stoma care, administering medication and looking after patients with dementia are just some of ...
Care Quality Commission latest news updates
26 November 2018 | News
... results highlight concerns around access to care, care planning and support for people with mental health conditions in ... of a wider monitoring of the quality of mental healthcare and to plan its inspections. Equally outstanding: an update ...
Urgent need to address social care underfunding to relieve A& E pressure, say MPs
06 November 2016 | News
The Government urgently needs to address the underfunding of adult social care to relieve pressure on A&E ... addressed, people will continue to face avoidable admission and delayed discharge from hospital. In addition, they say ... to underline the perilous state of adult social care in England and the fundamental inadequacy of provision in some ...
Benefit delivery: Committee publishes Government response
11 July 2016 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee has published the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) response to its report on Benefit ... took six months to respond to this report, the central point of which was about delivering the correct benefits on ...
Carers Allowance recipients to be exempt from benefit cap
25 January 2016 | News
Lord Freud announces government intention to exempt recipients of Carer’s Allowance from ... cap during yesterday’s Lords debate on the Welfare Reform and Work Bill Disability Rights UK welcomes the ... cap. This is a significant victory for disabled people and those who support us. The decision is informed by the ...
Sick Pay change blow for those with a PA
27 March 2014 | News
... be able to claim reimbursement for Statutory Sick Pay following the abolition of the Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS). This will affect ‘care and support employers’ – those who take on a personal ... very concerned about this. They say: “We are disappointed and very surprised that there appears to have been no public ...
MPs say major reform of social care funding needed
30 March 2017 | News
Today the Communities and Local Government Select Committee has published its report into social care funding. Link to report The committee ... by councils. Care is being provided to fewer people and only to those with the highest needs. There is a high ...
Disability Rights UK is Recruiting!
29 April 2021 | News
We’re Recruiting – Get Yourself Active Communications Officer ... an experienced Communications Officer to join the Sport England funded Get Yourself Active programme. The chosen candidate will be joining a highly successful team that has ...