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Landmark Upper Tribunal judgment giving right to appeal now has reported status
10 October 2018 | News
... Poverty Action Group and two claimants with serious mental health problems who were refused ESA and then failed to ask ... for reasons including issues relating to their mental health or learning disabilities. It is obvious that there is ...
The Activity Trap: Disabled people’s fear of being active
08 October 2018 | News
... this report helps to widen the discussion beyond sport and health. Whilst some actions are long-term and will not ...
Video recording to be a standard part of the PIP assessment process
04 June 2018 | News
... by Sarah Newton (Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work) The statement announces pilots for the ... as it takes a much wider look at the way an individual’s health condition or disability impacts them on a daily ...
Online Benefits Training Courses
15 July 2020 | News
Don’t know your UC from your PIP? Confused by the range of health and disability benefits? DR UK offers two essential ... Part 1: The structure of the system and the importance of health & disability benefits - Thursday 22 September 9.45am ...
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 ...