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Atos pays £2,500 compensation for negligent PIP assessment only after visit from bailiffs
09 March 2021 | News
... to a disabled woman, after a negligent assessment left her in debt and experiencing significant mental distress. Atos delivers ... a resulting heart condition, anxiety, depression and memory problems. She had told the nurse how she cannot manage her ...
Counting down to the arrival of our new Disability Rights Handbook
24 April 2017 | News
Our latest Disability Rights Handbook is scheduled to be published late April and dispatched early May. Pre-order the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop Now in its 42 nd edition, it is the main guide to benefits and ...
High street off limits to disabled shoppers?
30 November 2014 | News
Wheelchair users are being deprived of the opportunity to sample the festive ... attractions of their local high streets due to access and security worries, according to a new survey by the ... out of 10 disabled people and carers (84%) had experienced problems with the accessibility of major high street stores ...
Meet Sue Kent: First massager to gain her qualification using her feet
26 April 2017 | News
... comes from Sue Kent of Mumbles, Wales. My name is Sue Kent and I am a sports massage therapist with a difference – I use my feet to provide massage in my clinic in Wales. I am the first person to gain this ... are collectively known, were all born in the late 1950s and early 1960s. There are just under 500 of us still alive in ...
EHRC reminds shops to comply with the Equality Act
08 September 2020 | News
The Coronavirus crisis saw thousands of disabled people struggle to buy food online or in-store. Supermarkets rushed to prioritise those on ... of disabled people trying to purchase food during the early months of the Coronavirus crisis was appalling, there ...
CQC to review use of DNACPR during pandemic
14 October 2020 | News
The Department of Health and Social Care has asked the Care Quality Commission to ... Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were used during the Coronavirus pandemic. Disability organisations ... expected by the end of the year, with the final report due early next year. Read more here: ...
Bedroom Tax challenge goes to Supreme Court
11 January 2015 | News
... officer at Disability Rights UK, said it was “mystifying” why disabled adults were being treated differently ... decision R oao MA & Others -v- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Supreme Court. This was a Court of ... to adults was discriminatory, but that this was objectively and reasonably justified and therefore lawful because ...
Strategic partners programme March 2013 update
27 March 2013 | News
... Partners last met on 19 March 2013 This month’s update includes a report from the latest Strategic Partners meeting and news and insights on a new programme ‘Health ... to explain and provide clarity in relation to the following issues for local Healthwatch audiences: • lay ...
DPCG reach out to new Government with offer of collaboration to end disability poverty
16 July 2024 | News
... Disability Poverty Campaign Group, a coalition led by DR UK and Inclusion London and supported by DPOs, disability Charities and allies, have ...
I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie Boyce
18 May 2016 | News
... share their success stories with us when it comes to navigating the obstacles in the path to employment. Before her star ... of how having been diagnosed with severe dermatomyositis early in her career, she ‘swam for the music that saved ... blog space is all yours… If you’re disabled, aged 18-29 and have a story that you’d like to share with us about ...