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Key health and care bodies say keeping and extending the £20 week UC lifeline is crucial
08 February 2021 | News
Key bodies working across health and care have written an open letter to the Prime ... thirteen organisations: Association of Directors of Public Health British Association of Social Workers British Psychological Society Faculty of Public Health Institute of Health Equity Mind Royal College of ...
State of Care for people with autism, learning difficulties and poor mental health 'worrying' says DRUK
14 October 2019 | News
Care provision for people with poor mental health, autism and learning disabilities is failing ... perfect storm, meaning people who need support from mental health, learning disability or autism services may receive ... away from just thinking about the glamorous side of acute health to considering how to provide the essential support ...
Johnson pledges Spring 2022 Inquiry into Covid, NAO report shows major disjunct between health and care
19 May 2021 | News
... long term issues that severely weakened the foundations of health and care, which meant the country was not better ... a third (28.7%) in real terms between 2010 and 2020. Public health grants to LAs were also slashed by £0.5 billion ... Councils no choice but to cut back on services related to health. Only six per cent of Councils will not be making ...
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are under-resourced to the point of refusing patients
07 April 2022 | News
... by the under-funded CAMHS service. Stem4, a youth mental health charity, surveyed over 1,000 General Practitioners ... Policy and Campaigns Officer Bethany Bale said: “Mental health services in the UK are already only built for those ... and prioritising funding for young people’s mental health services is essential.” The full article can be ...
Government must raise sick pay rate to living wage, urges disability charities and trade unions coalition
13 October 2022 | News
... that is better for workers, employers and Britain's public health.” In a joint open letter, dozens of disability ... cannot afford to take the time off. This leads to public health risks as we saw during the pandemic. It also leads to ... instance, Mind found that two in three people with a mental health problem, who received Statutory Sick Pay, faced ...
Align social security with health and care systems and fully fund advice provision: open letter to Government
23 November 2020 | News
... of organisations working across social care, mental health, disability, homelessness, and welfare rights has ... now be explicitly re-aligned with the objectives of our health and care system and become concerned with keeping ... security benefits system that: Keeps people with mental health needs and families that include a disabled adult or ...
DWP should immediately stop benefit sanctions imposed on disabled people or those with a health condition say MPs
06 November 2018 | News
... lone parents, care leavers and people with a disability or health condition are disproportionately vulnerable to and ... conditionality and sanctions on people with a disability or health condition. It does not work. Worse, it is harmful and ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
Return of 14 year old exams despite rise in school refusal and mental health issues for teens
05 October 2021 | News
... in many schools. These children often experience mental health conditions including high anxiety. “Children are ... of pervasive testing, all of which massively impact their health. “The Minister needs to address the fact that ... 14 year old exams despite rise in school refusal and mental health issues for teens ...
DWP sanctions and conditionality succeed in not helping disabled people into work and harm their mental health
18 October 2018 | News
... significantly detrimental effects on their mental health. The impact of sanctions was life threatening for ... not helping disabled people into work and harm their mental health ...
Service user involvement and payments: how they affect benefits
07 December 2022 | Resource
... is for you if you are a patient, carer or service user of health or social care services and if you are getting ... Section 1 - What do we mean by service user involvement in health and social care? Section 2 - Payment for involvement ... will treat vouchers as a gift and not subject to national insurance or tax deductions. In this case the DWP follows ...