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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 ...
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 ...
Join DR UK in campaigning for PEEPs
23 August 2022 | News
As part of DR UK's ongoing campaigning on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans ... . Claddag have also published a summary of the main issues . The deadline to reply to the consultation is Sunday ... to answer the full survey. DR UK's response linked above, and Claddag's summary, are both available to use as a draft ...
Join DR UK in campaigning for PEEPs
18 August 2022 | News
As part of DR UK's ongoing campaigning on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans ... . Claddag have also published a summary of the main issues . The deadline to reply to the consultation is Sunday ... to answer the full survey. DR UK's response linked above, and Claddag's summary, are both available to use as a draft ...
Get Involved in Our Sounding Board Group!
25 September 2024 | News
Do you have an interest in getting active, or have you experienced barriers ... barriers that Disabled people are facing in the sport and physical activity sector. The aim of the group is to gain further insight into some of the issues Disabled people are facing at a local level, which ...
Polly's Story - Disability Rights UK Volunteer, Paralympian, and Masters Student
05 December 2024 | News
Polly, Disability Rights UK Volunteer, Paralympian, and Masters Student, writes a letter to her younger self ... about the lessons she wished she knew sooner. Polly explains how disability is ultimately a social construct, and ... week, and you start having to think and talk about these issues publically. You realise they do matter even, if you ...
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 ...
Claimants with severe disability premium awards no longer exempt from the requirement to claim Universal Credit
14 January 2021 | News
... also make changes to the eligibility for protection againt the loss of the SDP. Universal Credit (UC) remains problematic for many disabled people due to issues such as the need to claim UC and maintain their claim digitally, the initial 5 week wait ...
Benefits system errors ‘predominant factor’ in Disabled claimant’s death
26 January 2021 | News
Errors in the benefits system were the ‘predominant factor’ in ... Philippa’s death, Assistant Coroner Gordon Clow noted problems including the fact she was told to go for an assessment despite being eligible for a home assessment, and the lack of control staff had to be able to change ...
DR UK helps launch new briefing on disability and climate change
21 June 2023 | News
This week sees the release of a long-awaited briefing around Disability and climate change from the New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) a ... around the world and here in the UK. As with so many other issues, we, Disabled people must come together to fight for ...