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Impact of a no deal Brexit on health and social care evidence session
17 September 2018 | News
The Health and Social Care Committee will be holding an evidence session in October on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on health and social care. The session will be an opportunity for the ...
Over 118,000 Disabled people denied compensation from DWP after benefits error cut payments
12 January 2022 | News
... its “blunder over benefit payments”, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has said today. The PHSO ... from heart bypass surgery and managing multiple health problems including an autoimmune disease, severe mental ... free medical prescriptions to manage her many health issues, funding to buy a washing machine and urgently needed ...
Mental health services failing Disabled children
16 February 2022 | News
... even though more children are experiencing mental health problems, fewer are being referred for help because of the disruption and impact of the Covid pandemic. It also points out that ... 400,000 under 18s were referred for specialist care for issues such as suicidal thoughts and self harm between April ...
Government must halt ‘managed migration’ to universal credit, charities UK wide demand
05 May 2022 | News
... warned the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), Thérèse Coffey that plans to restart ... claimants, including 700,000 people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and dementia receiving ... No agreement has yet been reached. “All these issues need fixing before any further UC roll-out. ...
DR UK Response to Women and Equalities Committee
29 April 2020 | News
DR UK today submitted our response to the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) on the impact of coronavirus on disabled people. We raised the devastating effects the virus is having on millions of disabled ... reductions in social care, challenges with health care and problems with supermarket shopping. We also highlighted ...
New Transport Solutions Must Make Accessibility Top Priority, Government Says
15 May 2019 | News
... Jesse Norman, has said that “new transport solutions and technology should be geared strongly towards making life easier for people with mobility issues”. In Bristol for the launch event for a self ... the mobility of vulnerable user groups, helping to address problems of isolation and loneliness across the country. ...
Housing benefit fraud and error
12 January 2015 | News
The latest Public Accounts Committee report on Housing Benefit (HB) fraud and error takes the DWP to task for failing to tackle HB problems quickly or convincingly The report finds that: ...
BBC In Touch: Liz Sayce on Access to Work
06 January 2015 | News
Last night Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK was interviewed about Access to Work (AtW) on BBC In Touch ... this but its effectiveness is blunted by payment delays and a perceived culture of suspicion that recipients do not ... raised a number of concerns over AtW. They have highlighted problems with payment delays, poor administration and a ...
Children with learning difficulties and autism treated horrifically, finds Government report
31 October 2019 | News
The Government's Joint Committee on Human Rights is calling for urgent change ... in the way that young people with learning difficulties and/or autism are treated in detention in mental health ... of conditions for children taken away from their families and homes, calling conditions 'horrific', which cause ...
Ombudsman upholding two-thirds of adult social care complaints
19 November 2017 | News
The local government and social care ombudsman upheld 63% of adult social care complaints in 2016/2017, 10% higher than the average across all ... in 2016/2017 included measures to address “systemic problems”, it said, such as instigating procedural changes ...