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PIP assessments first independent review: second government response
25 November 2015 | News
... effectiveness of the assessment for people with a mental health condition or learning disability. The responses to ... effectiveness of the assessment for people with a mental health condition or learning disability. In the long term ...
Govt responds to MP review of benefit sanctions policy
22 October 2015 | News
... hardship payments to the homeless and those with a mental health condition, which was part of the recommendations we ... we use for hardship purposes to include those with mental health conditions and those who are homeless. This will mean ...
Asthma attacks in more than a million people linked to UK cost of living crisis rationing
29 September 2022 | News
... of asthma attacks.” There have been warnings from other health charities about the impact of the cost of living ... or stopping treatments or therapies, greatly putting their health at risk. Macmillan Cancer Support found that ...
UK Violations of International Disability Treaty Slammed by DDPOs
29 August 2023 | News
... with learning disabilities still being placed in mental health units, and the urgent need for disability hate crime ... inclusive education to the barriers to employment, the health inequalities and a social care system that is on its ...
Open Letter To Liz Kendall: Don’t Continue With WCA Cuts
28 October 2024 | News
... group. These are not people with “mild” mental health conditions, as portrayed in sections of the media. ... suicide among claimants while contributing to the mental health and recruitment crises among DWP staff. The social ... increased pressures on the NHS, on social care and mental health services and on Access to Work as well as through ...
High Court rejects application for second Jodey Whiting inquest
21 September 2021 | News
... the letter and so missed the WCA. Jodey had severe mental health problems. She had also been ill with pneumonia and ... Jodey, who lived with serious long-term physical and mental health issues, was desperately let down by the DWP but this ...
"Sharp rise" in DWP benefit death reviews "deeply concerning"
13 July 2021 | News
... the impact assessment process has on people's mental health and what must be done to prevent future deaths," he ... over the same time period as the internal reviews. Mental health vulnerabilities were a contributing factor in 35 of ...
Reintroduction of work conditionality and sanctions is an appalling decision that must be reversed, says DR UK
29 June 2020 | News
... DR UK and sixteen other leading charities and mental health organisations, backed the Stop Benefit Deaths ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
The welfare safety net is not fit for purpose says Work and Pensions Committee
30 July 2019 | News
... survey of the additional costs of disability and long-term health conditions. In addition, it stresses that this should ... society including disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. Yet, since 2008, changes to welfare ...
Minister admits confusion caused by integrated PIP and ESA assessment announcement
25 April 2019 | News
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Justin Tomlinson has said “there is a bit ... or specialists who had experience of their disability or health condition. Inaccurate assessments and recommendations ...