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DR UK and Liberty statement on Care Act easements
06 May 2020 | News
Statements from Disability Rights UK and Liberty on Care Act easements Disability Rights UK and Liberty have released statements opposing the suspension of Care Act rights by at least seven ... We’d like to hear from any disabled people who are having problems with their care packages, in these areas or ...
1 in 4 Councils will not act on Taxi Discrimination Law
24 July 2017 | News
New law requiring taxi drivers not to discriminate against wheelchair ... maintain a designated list of wheelchair accessible taxis and PHVs (Private Hire Vehicles). Earlier, in February, ... taxi users as accessible transport is both an ongoing and growing concern for disabled people. However, the ...
More than half of the UK population living in destitution are in long term ill health or are disabled people: new JRF research
08 December 2020 | News
... highlights that more than half of the population (54%) living in destitution were in long term ill health or disabled ... in the processing of disability-related benefits claims and appeals had had a detrimental effect on those involved. ... hit participants with mental health or drug or alcohol problems especially hard, as they felt much less benefit ...
Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and Guidance
13 May 2019 | News
Free training workshop for school careers advisers and coordinators, school careers leaders and careers coaches interested in developing their ...
Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and Guidance
15 January 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK offered free one-day training days (October to January) designed for school careers advisers, coordinators and school careers leaders. The training was for those who wished to develop their understanding of disability equality and enhance their skills to ...
Care home petition calls for visits to be enshrined in law
05 May 2021 | News
A petition calling for a change in UK law to allow visits to care homes in the event of ... been required to isolate for 14 days after visiting friends and family outdoors or going for a walk. Care home residents ...
Report exposes shocking rise in levels of food-poverty related illness
20 July 2023 | News
New data obtained by The Times has found that cases of malnutrition in the UK have more than doubled in a decade and have quadrupled since 2007/8. Findings which were ... 312 children — were hospitalised with malnutrition in England. This was exposed alongside figures that showed that ...
Scandal of low percentage of indefinite PIP awards
26 July 2018 | News
DR UK demands to know why only 18.1% of PIP awards have been for an indefinite period. “Heidi Allen MP, recently asked a ... by Sarah Newton MP for the period between April 2013 and 30 th April 2018, revealed a shockingly low number of ...
Over 1.5 million people were destitute in the UK in 2017
06 June 2018 | News
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is calling for the redesign of the social security system to ensure ... the bare essentials that we all need to eat, stay warm and dry, and keep clean. Read JRF report: Destitution in the ... 2018 report says serious physical health and mental health problems were reported by almost half of all destitute ...
CQC Demand System Change in 'Out of Sight - Who Cares?' Report
21 October 2020 | News
CQC - disabled people 'falling through gaps' The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling for improved community-based capacity and capability across education, health and care for people ... practices because they failed to get the right care early on. To avoid this in the future will require ...