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Scottish review into care charge costs
24 June 2013 | News
A review into whether disabled people are being denied funding for ... statistics show that the number of people in Scotland being given state funding for all their care has fallen ... process is required. If a disabled person has severe health problems which require intense or complex nursing care then ...
No confidence in Welfare Reform Minister
28 October 2014 | News
MPs yesterday rejected a Labour Party call for Welfare Minister Lord Freud to lose his job after his recent comments ... delays in assessments for a personal independence payment, problems with work capability assessments, and the poor performance of policies aimed at helping ...
Journeys can be over four times longer for disabled people
19 April 2016 | News
... 2016 report has found that journeys are often a lot longer and more expensive for young disabled people. The report ... yet: nearly two thirds of respondents have experienced problems getting on a bus owing to the attitude or behaviour ... on a national and local level to highlight and address the issues that are important to them. We aim to fight the ...
Pandemic school absence stats raise child mental health questions
15 July 2021 | News
... figures show 1.5 million children were off school, raising concerns about high numbers of children refusing school ... About 840,000 pupils were off for Covid-related reasons and a further 630,000 were absent for other reasons. That is ... for non-Covid reasons would be suffering from mental health issues while others might be avoiding school because of fear ...
Disabled man’s body found six months after the DWP cut off his benefits
22 September 2022 | News
The body of a Disabled man was discovered by police officers in his derelict home six months after his benefits were cut off by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Disability News Service (DNS) ... DNS understands. E died sometime between October 2016 and early 2017, at the age of 43, but the safeguarding adults ...
Tottenham Hotspur: Supporting Disability History Month and leading the way in disability access and inclusion
23 November 2015 | News
... support for UK Disability History Month as part of its ongoing commitment to backing football’s equality and inclusion campaign, Kick It Out . In November 2014, the ... Disability Centre of Excellence, in partnership with Barnet and Southgate College, to provide specialist education ...
EASS helps in challenging travel insurance quote
27 April 2015 | News
Trying to arrange travel insurance for a holiday of a lifetime ... caller was planning a holiday of a lifetime with his family and had previously used the insurance company at a reasonable price. He decided to use the company again and disclosed that he has malignant melanoma more than once ...
Covid-19 Inquiry Told of Do-Not-Resuscitate Communication To People With Learning Disabilities
06 November 2024 | News
People with learning disabilities were told they wouldn’t be resuscitated ... has heard. Mencap’s Executive Director of Strategy and Influencing, Jackie O’Sullivan, shared with the ... ahead of its release. A Public Health England report in the early pandemic showed that adults with learning disabilities ...
Government outlines work to improve aviation accessibility
03 April 2018 | News
The Government says it is considering a raft of new measures to work with the airline industry ... flying a more enjoyable experience for disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility. It comes as Britain's ... and the focus that is being given to improving operational issues and future design to ensure that they are no longer ...
New legal judgment will help some D/deaf people to qualify for PIP
30 September 2020 | News
... will enable some D/deaf people to score more daily living activity points so as to help gain entitlement to PIP. ... each need to remove their hearing aids to take a shower and to take a bath. Each cannot without the aids hear a ... a bath or shower due to having to remove their hearing aids and being unable to hear an alarm. Regulation 4(2A) of the ...