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Government response to the CQC Mental Health Act Report
26 February 2018 | News
... would respond to the challenges raised by the CQC report and pending review into mental health care. Read Hansard The Care ... 2016/17 , looks at how providers are caring for patients, and whether patient’s rights are being protected. They ...
Church of England calls for radical social care reform
26 January 2023 | News
England’s senior church leaders, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, have published a new report which asks for tax ... that could cost an extra £15bn a year. Their calls come in support of the one million older and Disabled people off ...
Face to face benefits appointments cancelled
17 March 2020 | News
Face-to-face assessments for all sickness and disability benefits have been suspended, effective 17 March 2020. The move is being taken to protect vulnerable people from unnecessary risk ... up in the ‘delay’ phase. It affects new claims for, and existing claimants of, Personal Independence Payment ...
Universal Credit migration arrangements for severely disabled people ruled unlawful
07 May 2019 | News
... those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium and moved onto Universal Credit before 16 January 2019 are ... men, known as TP & AR, represented by Leigh Day Solicitors and a woman, known as SXC, also profoundly disabled, ... by Central England Law Centre. TP and AR argued in their legal case, heard in the High Court on 12 and 13 ...
Could you be a Fab Pioneer?
09 September 2015 | News
An invitation to all disabled people living in the city of ... invited to attend a FREE 2-day 'Fab Lab' course. Come and discover more about digital fabrication, 3D design and printing, and how this new technology might work for ...
DR UK VCSE Review response
04 March 2015 | News
Joint review of health and care sector investment in Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations Response from Disability ...
First PIP review consultation
22 June 2014 | News
Personal Independence Payment assessment: independent review: call for evidence. The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the first ... a claim, the face to face consultation, the daily living and mobility criteria and getting a decision. This call for ...
New HoME group demands next government addresses dearth of accessible homes
05 November 2019 | News
DRUK has joined forces with nine other organisations in coalition to ... has written an open letter to the next government to demand that urgent action is taken to tackle the growing ... accessible homes in the UK. Sue Bott, DRUK's Head of Policy and Research says: "DRUK is pleased to be a founder member ...
Liz Sayce speaks at the Polish Disability Forum
27 September 2016 | News
The Forum asked our CEO Liz Sayce to take part in a debate concerning implementation of Article 27 of the ... View Liz Sayce’s presentation Article 27 covers Work and Employment and says: 1. Disabled people have the right to earn a living ...
Disabled people still by far the worst affected by the bedroom tax
10 September 2019 | News
... thirds of households subject to the bedroom tax under housing benefit are in receipt of DLA, PIP, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, or Severe ... New research published just this month shows that nearly half of disabled people hit by the benefits freeze ...