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Disabled peoples problems accessing primary care
12 March 2015 | News
A new Healthwatch England report says disabled people face major access problems using GP and dentist services – from deaf people ... to ensure access. Local Healthwatch are taking up these issues with Clinical Commissioning Groups in different parts ...
New CQC Report Into the State of Health and Social Care in England
24 October 2023 | News
This year has been another turbulent one for health and social care. In addition to the ongoing problem of ‘gridlocked’ care ... across the country and many carers are facing financial problems. Mikey Erhardt, Campaigner at Disability Rights ...
DWP: Deaths, cover-up, and a toxic 30-year legacy
06 April 2022 | News
Evidence stretching back more than a decade shows how the DWP repeatedly ... its own civil servants to improve the system has cultural problems within that touch all aspects of its dealings with Disabled people in the social security system, and how the roots of its toxic culture stretch back at least ...
Understanding the Equality Act: information for disabled students
27 June 2024 | Resource
This resource provides information about the Equality Act which came into force in ... 2010. It is intended for disabled students, trainees and employees, explaining how education providers and ... you resolve the situation. If this does not resolve your issues you can make an internal complaint. The college or ...
DWP to pay out £970 million in ESA underpayments
16 October 2018 | News
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) underpayments of ESA following Incapacity Benefit reassessments. View ESA underpayments ... Earlier this year, a report by the National Audit Office and a Public Accounts Committee report estimated 70,000 ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Five
28 August 2024 | News
Welcome to our new blog series, going into the personal and activist history of Disability ... to break the disabling barriers I am facing. From an early age, I have become aware of the persistent stigma and ...
Government's Rail Reform Plans Still Delayed
08 March 2024 | News
... frustrated to report that the long overdue reforms set out in government’s rail transformation plans are facing delays, with long-standing issues in the rail sector still needing to be addressed, ...
DR UK says: Chancellor, we need rights not discretion
16 March 2023 | News
... people will have been shocked by the contents of the Health and Disability White Paper, as well as many Disabled People Organisations (DPOs), including ourselves. It does need to be stressed that all ... and feared since its introduction in 2008. Frequent problems continue to be reported with the accuracy of the ...
10 Years of PIP Is No Cause For Celebration: New MS Society Report
02 November 2023 | News
... PIP system has meant a decade of stress, indignity and humiliation for people with MS.” The report details ... their hidden symptoms The MS Society detail that there are problems at every stage of the PIP process: “The ... how their MS impacts them.”As a result, the report says, issues like these mean many people with MS miss out on the ...
DRUK responds to supported housing consultation
23 January 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and DWP consultation on supported ... considering any future cost control and service provision issues we say that disabled people must be widely consulted ...