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Scotland introduces new Child Disability Payment
01 August 2021 | News
A new Child Disability Payment (CDP) has been introduced in Scotland from 26 July 2021. Like DLA, CDP is a benefit for ... who have extra care or supervision needs and/or mobility problems because of a disability or long-term health ...
Children’s residential care provider to close 28 homes in one week
04 May 2023 | News
... largest provider of looked-after children’s care homes in the UK, Outcomes First, will be closing 28 residencies ... to. We have been told that there is no leeway on the dates and we are desperately worried about them and what will become of them.” DR UK’s Anna Morell said: ...
Report Shows Government Investments Making Zero Impact on Social Care System
16 January 2024 | News
New research from a report by learning disability charity HFT and Care England found that 84% of adult social care ... than a long-term sustained strategy, could drive these issues. HFT and Care England have called on the Government ...
Links to organisations giving advice on benefits, care and debt
10 October 2022 | Resource
advice northern ireland (formerly association of independent advice centres) Northern Irish site with ... benefitsandwork.co.uk Has guides on benefits, law and work issues but you have to pay a subscription to get hold of ...
Disabled people’s led organisations challenge government record
23 July 2020 | News
Disabled people’s led organisations from across England, including DR UK, have written to the Prime Minister ... experienced challenges in accessing health and social care, problems in buying food, digital exclusion and deterioration ... people led organisations have been drawing the serious issues facing disabled people to the attention of ...
Disabled fans injured at Euros cup final as fans storm stadium
15 July 2021 | News
DR UK is seeking urgent clarification about the events which led to ... Scott Furlong, father of Kian told The Guardian how serious problems began when a disabled access door was twice kicked ... “The door smacked against my son’s legs. He was shocked and I was furious. “Targeting disabled entrances just ...
Ideal for All faces closure
29 July 2013 | News
“Cuts in support services to disabled people will increase hospital admissions and visits to GP surgeries in Sandwell” says Vice Chair of ... charity in Sandwell, could be forced to close its doors as early as October 2013 to disabled people due to severe cuts ...
For over 2 million people who are long-term unemployed as result of disabilities and health conditions the DWP just isn’t working: new report
27 October 2020 | News
Millions of people find it difficult, or even impossible, to work due to the impact of disabilities and long-term health conditions and it’s a number that ... advising on how to better support people with mental health problems and who concluded that the DWP is institutionally ...
Council to pay £7000 compensation for inadequate assessment
20 January 2016 | News
... Bedfordshire Council has to pay a woman £7,000 after inadequate assessments left her without proper care for more ... about the way the council administered her direct payments and that it did not follow its complaints procedure when ... that this caused her significant avoidable distress, and meant she has not had as much care as she should have ...
Disability Rights UK concerns over Access to Work - Letter to Minister for Disabled People
05 November 2012 | News
Letter to Esther McVey, Minister for Disabled People 6 November 2012 Today Liz Sayce, Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK and author of the independent review commissioned by ... to Work, to make it much better known, to extend its use and strip out unnecessary bureaucracy, so that many more ...