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DR UK signs open letter to Home Builders Federation who object to LAs building accessible new homes
28 November 2018 | News
... and society. “Disabled people, those with long-term health conditions and older people deserve to have the ... we will see increased and unsustainable pressure on our health and social care services and much reduced quality of ...
DWP “hounded disabled woman for years” before her “starvation” death, papers show
22 September 2022 | News
... non-payment of rent. Although her family alerted her mental health team to the financial problems caused by the DWP ... history of suicide attempts and detentions under the Mental Health Act. The Department has confirmed to DNS that it has ...
Student Days - A Memoir Piece on Personal Assistants
16 January 2024 | News
... work in a carpet factory when I was doing my occupational health, as well as VD outpatients’ clinic and a secure ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
... to experience a deterioration in their physical and mental health, are more likely to be admitted to hospital as a ...
Meet Charlotte, DR UK's Latest Marathon Runner!
04 September 2024 | News
... I find it really hard but I started running for my mental health. It’s really beneficial to me, mentally and ...
New Age UK report on the care crisis
05 March 2014 | News
... or friends providing care are not expected to sacrifice health, career or financial security. – The Care Bill will ...
Local authorities withdrawing buses
11 January 2015 | News
... bus passes, helping to tackle social isolation, encouraging healthy active lives, and contributing to local and national ... as the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department of Health, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs ...
What is desperately needed for Disabled people in this Wednesdays Autumn Statement
20 November 2023 | News
... cuts to public services may also be in the offing, despite health, social care and education already being ... Plan to “help” Disabled people, those with long-term health conditions, or the “long-term unemployed” to look ...
Disability Rights UK Conference 2017 report published
06 December 2017 | News
... and implementing policies in Manchester including in health and social care. In particular, he was looking ... Convention to be taken into account in reforming the Mental Health Act in the coming months. Disability Rights UK ...
DR UK writes to DWP Minister to raise concerns about new PIP descriptor activity guidance
07 November 2017 | News
... On 2 November Penny Mordaunt Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work said - “The DWP will be going through all ... or been awarded a reduced rate of benefit. The quality of Health Care Professional (HCP) reports has been the subject ...