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DR UK responds to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Review
26 July 2022 | News
Last week DR UK submitted a response to the government consultation "SEND review: right support, right place, right time". Our full consultation response can be found in the attachments below.
We welcome Scotlands decision to ban private firms from doing disability benefit assessments
02 October 2017 | News
... to make better use of existing information within the health and social care sector and other public bodies.” In ...
Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
... evidence gathering processes, to explore ways to: educate health and social care professionals on how to provide ...
Two interesting and productive morning meetings for I Can Make It in a week
07 September 2017 | News
... open up job opportunities for people with disabilities and health conditions, both on current contracts and in the ...
DWP spends almost £40 million contesting disabled people’s right to ESA
28 August 2017 | News
... and paramedics assess disabled people with have with mental health problems. Responding to the Independent, a DWP ...
I Can Make It prepares for some big events over the next two months
26 January 2017 | News
... to join them ! So if you are 18-29, have a disability or health condition and live in Norfolk, Liverpool, Bristol or ...
Disabled people unite to reduce their costs of living
03 November 2015 | News
... additional costs of living with a disability or long-term health condition. Reducing the cost of living will help ...
IDS calls for further ESA assessment reform
23 August 2015 | News
In a speech today, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith argued that employment and support allowance (ESA) was flawed because the assessment process focused on what people cannot do, not on what they can do.
Mr Smith said that the existing system forces ESA claimants “into a binary category saying they can be expected to work or they can’t”.
He added:
“So it’s not surprising that over the last two decades, the number of people on sickness benefits has stayed at around 2.5 million.
Get Yourself Active launch press release
30 June 2015 | News
... working with a range of local organisations, including health and social care professionals and sport and leisure ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...