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DR UK says the PM must stop scapegoating Disabled people for a failing economy
19 April 2024 | News
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today delivered a scathing attack on so-called ‘sick note culture’ and that a life on benefits had become a "lifestyle choice" ... by gullible GP’s. In reality, the rise in mental health problems is all too real. There are over 1.9 million people ...
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 ...
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: second independent review
29 March 2017 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the two reviews Personal ... mean it hasn't tackled some of the most fundamental problems with PIP; and some of its conclusions may not ...
Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
... shows the stressful assessment process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is making people's conditions ... the findings of a survey of over 1,700 disabled people and people with long-term conditions who have made a PIP ... support this. Disability Rights UK is a member of the DBC and contributed to the report. The DBC recommends the ...
Liaison with Jobcentre Plus when considering paid involvement
29 April 2024 | Resource
This document contains useful information if you are in receipt of welfare benefits and are considering paid involvement. Contents ... experience and perspectives on health and social care issues. Before you accept an offer to become involved in ...
DR UK, Disability Forum England and DBC respond to Health and Disability Green Paper
13 October 2021 | News
DR UK has responded to the DWP’s Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper. Published in July 2021, Shaping ... the options for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to ...
Bereaved families write second letter to Secretary of State to demand public inquiry into benefit related deaths
24 October 2021 | News
In July 2021, five families who lost loved ones in cases ... wrote to the Secretary of State , Thérèse Coffey to demand a public inquiry into deaths and serious harm linked to the benefits system. Three months ...
Care and Support Alliance on new care criteria
23 October 2014 | News
New care overhaul leaves 300k older and disabled people struggling to live on their own Care & Support Alliance Press ... in England responsible for care, government figures show nearly 90% now offer care only to those with the highest ...
Special Educational Needs and Disability (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
30 April 2020 | News
... has issued a notice to modify section 42 of the Children and Families Act 2014. This notice will be relevant to: local authorities health commissioning bodies children and young people with EHC plans parents others involved in ...