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DR UK on Radio 5 Live: Attitudes to disabled people
23 February 2016 | News
Liz Sayce and DR UK ambassador Stephen Brookes were interviewed on Radio 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell programme ... public life. He is working with the Office for Disability Issues and Disability Rights UK in trying to get disabled ...
Living and dying well
03 August 2015 | News
Living and Dying Well is a new online resource which explores ... the complexities surrounding the debate on 'assisted dying' and other end-of-life issues The website contains a number of discussion papers on ...
PIP final phase rollout now July
24 June 2015 | News
Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson, has issued a ... begin the final phase in July, initially at small volumes and in a limited number of areas. We recognise that this ... 13th July on a small scale with 3,000 claimants chosen at random from postcodes in the North-West and Midlands as ...
Justin Tomlinson replaced by Chloe Smith as Minister for Disabled People
16 September 2021 | News
... first in 2015 under David Cameron, then Theresa May, and now more recently by Boris Johnson in 2019. During his ... to support young people with physical and mental health problems takes place in both Norwich and in Westminster where I raise the issues affecting young Norwich people directly where change ...
Disabled children face institutional discrimination
07 July 2020 | News
... Committee heard powerful evidence last week on the shocking situation of children with special educational needs and disabilities. During the Coronavirus crisis, the ... respite. Whilst this might have been understandable in the early days of the crisis, it is completely unacceptable for ...
A masterclass in the East of England, as well as progress in other areas for I Can Make It.
11 October 2017 | News
... (12 th October) Bethany Young, Champion for I Can Make It in Hertfordshire and Anna Denham our Research and Engagement Officer made a ... Burnham , Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority in early November, so watch this space! A masterclass in the ...
DWP NHS Talking Therapies strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ill-health into paid employment will not work
03 January 2025 | News
A key treatment that ministers have placed at the heart of their strategy for pushing people with mental distress and ill-health into paid work has only a tiny impact on the ... What the ONS research showed – based on analysis of nearly 600,000 people* with “common mental disorders like ...
New campaign launched to get broadcasters to commit to using BSL in all political debates
06 June 2024 | News
As the election continues to dominate the news and the media, a new campaign has ... with leader of the opposition Keir Starmer, however Deaf and Disabled organisations across the country were left ...
Universal Credit didn't help Gary into work
16 May 2013 | News
On the 13 May we posted this news item concerning a DWP YouTube video which highlighted a Universal Credit ... DWP now informs us that this was a mistake on their part and that the video was made to hightlight Universal ... last year. Gary says in the video that he was one of the early users of Jobmatch which suggests he was on Jobseeker's ...
Ombudsman slams council for causing considerable distress and harm to a disabled woman following a 60% cut to care package
19 June 2019 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has found that the cut by ... keep herself safe and properly medicated at weekends, harming her health and wellbeing. Council assessor found to be ... reduction of Ms X’s care package caused her significant problems. She recorded a log of 75 accidents that she had ...