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Our response to the consultation on assisted digital strategy, online conviction and statutory fixed fines
28 November 2016 | News
... also done a response , highlighting problems with mental health tribunals Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is a pan ... disabled people with diverse experiences of disability and health conditions, from different communities. We are ... to participate from home. Many disabled people with mental health difficulties can find the hearing process to be ...
Personal Budgets: The right social care support
15 April 2025 | Resource
... Public Bodies (Joint working) Act about the integration of health and social care was granted royal assent on1 April ... are beginning to work towards this - gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/Adult-Health-SocialCare-Integration BACK TO START Your ...
Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
31 January 2021 | News
... be released in full. It's ironic that one aim of the DWP Health and Transformation Programme is to improve trust in ...
Work and Pensions Secretary told to urgently increase the financial support paid to unpaid carers
01 July 2020 | News
... support for carers who remain essential in supporting the health and care systems we all depend on. It is time we made ...
People who are currently shielding can no longer get SSP on that basis from 1 August 2020
30 June 2020 | News
... or because they have been notified by the NHS or public health authorities that they have come into contact with ...
End of lockdown: one size fits all approach fails shielders
22 June 2020 | News
... including many disabled people and people with chronic health conditions, remove almost all of the key protective ...
Nearly two-thirds of disabled adults say COVID-19-related concerns affecting their well-being
23 April 2020 | News
A new Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey finds that nearly two-thirds (64.8%) of disabled adults say COVID-19-related concerns are affecting their well-being.
The main reasons cited by disabled adults for their well-being concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic were feeling worried about the future and being stressed, anxious or bored.
The ONS survey reports indicators from its Opinions and Lifestyle Survey covering the period 27 March 2020 to 13 April 2020 on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on disabled people in Great Britain.
DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade
25 July 2019 | News
... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
More than half of DLA claimants in receipt of the mobility component lose out on reassessment for PIP
27 May 2019 | News
... disabled people's mobility awards - on their independence, health or employment - has never been researched by the DWP. ...
Govt concerns over PIP loan scheme to fund assistive technology inquiry
18 September 2018 | News
... to see the UK become a “world leader in assistive and healthcare technology – building on the strong positioning ...