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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 ...
Radiate event on Leadership and disability
24 September 2013 | News
Radiate event - ‘Leadership and disability: what it takes, what it costs and why it matters’ On 23 September legal firm Irwin Mitchell hosted a Radiate network event at its London ... spoke about the firm’s interest in disability equality issues. Phil and Chris discussed aspects of Chris’s ...
Government £500 million support fund for “vulnerable households” no replacement for keeping and extending UC uplift says DR UK
29 September 2021 | News
... support fund “to help them with essentials over the coming months as the country continues its recovery from the pandemic”: “A new £500m Household Support Fund to help ... vulnerable households as we continue our recovery from the pandemic has been launched by the Government. This new ...
DWP failures mean dying people are being rejected for PIP
09 June 2021 | News
... for PIP despite having less than six months to live, and many are spending their final weeks fighting in vain for ... years ago, the charities welcomed a DWP review into these issues. However, despite that review having been completed, ... said: "As this data shows, the DWP is clearly having problems identifying people who need their help. When ...
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: improving policies for welfare and work
26 April 2021 | News
Based on large scale quantitative and qualitative research, a new groundbreaking report “disrupts stereotypes and exposes the systemic failings that harm the lives of ...
New Advicenow resource to help tribunal users understand video court and tribunal hearings
03 April 2020 | News
Advicenow has produced a useful online resource to help court and tribunal users understand more about hearings that ... over the phone or by video. They will take into account any problems you might face by the hearing going ahead by phone ...
ESA and mobilising with a wheelchair
16 May 2013 | News
CSE/151/2012 is an Upper Tribunal decision relating to whether someone can reasonably use a wheelchair to ... this is not just a medical issue but involves practical issues such as whether someone in reality would be able to have access to a wheelchair and the nature of their living arrangements. View summary ...
Action for M.E. respond to independent WCA review
26 August 2013 | News
... Encephalomyelitis) affects an estimated 250,000 men, women and children in the UK. Symptoms can include post-exertional malaise (a ... that lasts for more than 24 hours following exertion) and chronic pain. M.E. affects different people in different ...
Disability and Skills Unit Apprenticeships Now event
02 March 2017 | News
... Disability Skills Unit would like to thank all our speakers and delegates for making Apprenticeships Now a successful and thought-provoking event on 23 March 2017. Chris Renouf ...
NAO report: disabiliity inclusion in Civil Service
24 June 2015 | News
Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the civil service This NAO report finds that ... processes amongst disabled staff than other colleagues; and problems of bullying and harassment. The research suggested ...