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People deprived of liberty due to misapplication of Mental Health and Capacity Acts
22 February 2021 | News
... using the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) or the Mental Health Act (MHA) according to their role or training, ... People deprived of liberty due to misapplication of Mental Health and Capacity Acts ...
New CQC resources to help health and care providers learn from safety incidents
28 June 2018 | News
... safety incidents’ – to help those in charge of running health and care organisations ensure the safety and ... Social Care, said: “When something goes terribly wrong in health and social care, the people affected, their families ... staff and managers feel too.” New CQC resources to help health and care providers learn from safety incidents ...
The Big Give are looking for applications for funding from health & disability projects
21 June 2017 | News
The Big Give have confirmed that they have match funding for health & disability charities to apply to this year’s ... The Big Give are looking for applications for funding from health & disability projects ...
400,000 people to be pushed into poverty by health and disability benefit cuts
27 March 2025 | News
... Rachel Reeves, announced major savage cuts to the health and disability benefits. Cuts reforms announced in ... will be a new, single assessment for both PIP and the UC health element, based on the PIP daily living component ... was that the halved rate of the Universal Credit (UC) Health Element addition that will be introduced for new ...
Radical reform of benefits assessments for those with mental health problems essential, says Mind
15 March 2023 | News
... the right benefits can help those of us with a mental health problem to live with independence and dignity. This ... they were well enough to work. Many said that their mental health got worse as a result. The stories we heard showed that people with mental health problems are not treated with dignity and respect. ...
People with mental health problems more at risk of losing benefits, says new study
21 January 2019 | News
Disabled people with mental health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity ... on government data about 327,000 people with either type of health condition who switched from receiving DLA to PIP ... raise concerns over whether those in poor mental ill health are at a disadvantage under the disability benefit ...
Welfare benefit reforms “devastating” to health and wellbeing conclude cross party group of MPs
25 February 2021 | News
... Reform & Work Act 2016 has been ‘devastating’ to the health and wellbeing of people on low incomes, a new report ... by MPs of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Health in All Policies has concluded. The MPs found ... of the social security system on the mental and physical health of claimants and their families, in addition to the ...
DR UK, Disability Forum England and DBC respond to Health and Disability Green Paper
13 October 2021 | News
... has responded to the DWP’s Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper. Published in July 2021, ... for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to “start ... for wider change to deliver on the objectives of the health and disability benefit system”. DRUK has ...
9 out of 10 of Work and Health Programme participants do not have a job outcome
30 May 2019 | News
9 out of 10 of Work and Health Programme (WHP) participants (88%) have not obtained ... from early access groups. For more information see Work and Health Programme statistics to February 2019 @ www.gov.uk 9 out of 10 of Work and Health Programme participants do not have a job outcome ...
Our response to two consultations on the voluntary sector role in health and care
30 November 2015 | News
... to determine the future of voluntary sector involvement in health and care. The first consultation called for respondents from the voluntary and health and social care sectors to give their views on the ... to two consultations on the voluntary sector role in health and care ...