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EASS helps in challenging travel insurance quote
27 April 2015 | News
Trying to arrange travel insurance for a holiday of a lifetime almost led to a trip ... quote for travel insurance due to statements made about health on an online form. The caller was planning a holiday ... about how the company sets their prices when particular health conditions are revealed. Roy’s advice and support ...
How to fix the funding of health and social care
20 June 2018 | News
... pick. The report, the result of a project supported by the Health Foundation, concludes that a parliamentary inquiry ... This is one of many reports discussing future funding of Health and Social Care, ahead of the social care green ... and how they will be met via higher tax, higher national insurance, financial contributions from pensioners or ...
Sickness absence and fluctuating health conditions
22 January 2015 | News
... part-time sick pay is needed for employees with fluctuating health conditions Fluctuating conditions, fluctuating ... include: allowing employees with fluctuating health conditions to arrange part-time sick leave. widening the scope of income protection insurance so that businesses can better support those with ...
New Kings Fund report on health and social care
03 September 2014 | News
A new settlement for health and social care This is the final report from the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. In it, the commission ... The commission largely rejects new NHS charges and private insurance options in favour of public funding. Getting rid ...
Proposals for a universal disability insurance
10 July 2013 | News
... to follow the Australian model of ‘universal disability insurance’ which combines back to work support, social ... Proposals for a universal disability insurance ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group statement on Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper.
30 April 2024 | News
... entitled Modernising Support for Independent Living: The Health and Disability Green Paper. The paper outlines the ... taxis; wheelchairs and servicing costs; parts and insurance; incontinence products; the costs associated with ... budgets, long waiting times for the medical and mental health support needed to return to employment and rising ...
Many thousands of women owed compensation following DWP failure to communicate changes to State Pension age
25 March 2024 | News
A comprehensive investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSBO) has found that thousands of ... They also said it had a negative impact on their health, emotional wellbeing and home life. The 2014 Pensions ... State Pension someone can claim is based on their National Insurance record. Women also complained that they lost out ...
The Impact Of National Insurance Contribution Rise On Social Care
12 November 2024 | News
... has written about the potential impact of rising National Insurance contributions for Disabled people who hire ... care needs. The recently announced increase to national insurance (NI) contributions will have a huge impact on ... people further into poverty. The Impact Of National Insurance Contribution Rise On Social Care ...
MPs want older people to pay to fund personal care for all
26 June 2018 | News
The Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Social Care Committees' joint report calls for a ... of a ‘Social Care Premium’, paid as part of National Insurance or a new not-for-profit social insurance fund ... a growing number of reports discussing future funding of Health and Social Care. They propose various solutions, ...
What has the DDA done for you?
04 November 2020 | News
... to use the equipment It empowers me to ask for accessible health information It helped many disabled people to access ... to travel in the guard’s carriage with some livestock Insurance companies could no longer load my quotes because ... ability to see that my hidden disabilities and my mental health condition were not matters to be ashamed of, that ...