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Strategic partner updates December 2015
30 November 2015 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner (SP) to the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England Disability Rights UK heads up a user-led ...
Say No To Assisted Dying - Fazilet Hadi
10 April 2025 | News
... Devaluing of Our Lives So often, our impairments or health conditions are viewed as a deficit or burden by ... people, the UK population as a whole experiences profound health inequalities, with life expectancy and healthy life years being much worse for working-class people ...
Obesity is not just a question of diet: What about getting active?
01 May 2018 | News
... fails to mention the role of physical activity and mental health. Speaking in the Guardian , she says: “Last ... list: the role of physical activity, and improving mental health and wellbeing – a decision I find deeply ... strategy.” Disability Rights UK also seeks to improve the health and well-being of disabled people through physical ...
Universal Credit linked to suicide risk finds new research
15 November 2018 | News
Universal Credit has become a serious threat to public health, with the stress of coping with the new benefit affecting mental health and leading some to consider suicide, according to ... and extreme hardship, with serious consequences for their health and wellbeing. It shows that people moving onto ...
Strategic partner updates 15 January 2016
14 January 2016 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner to the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England Disability Rights UK heads up a user-led ...
Lack of clinical training may contribute to 1,200 avoidable annual deaths of people with a learning disability
15 August 2018 | News
Almost a quarter of healthcare professionals have never attended training on how ... Treat Me Well calls for Government and NHS to ensure no healthcare professional can set foot in a hospital without ... of Information Requests to NHS Trusts has revealed that healthcare professionals and hospital trusts have been ...
Disabled children face institutional discrimination
07 July 2020 | News
... the majority of families were left to cope alone with the health, care and educational needs of their disabled children. The mental and physical health of children has deteriorated and families have been ... removal of rights in relation to delivering Education, Health and Care Plans has made the situation far worse. Now, ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Three
14 August 2024 | News
... soon diagnosed with having Cerebral Palsy. Unfortunately, health professionals often lacked empathy when explaining ... Indian woman, I have personal experience of the social and healthcare system. I understand the challenges that Disabled ... a documentary about recruiting PAs and am now Registered Health Psychologist. Whist growing up, my self-esteem ...
CQC Demand System Change in 'Out of Sight - Who Cares?' Report
21 October 2020 | News
... community-based capacity and capability across education, health and care for people with a learning disability, autistic people and/or a mental health condition, after a review found undignified and ... The CQC was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to review use of restraint, seclusion ...
DR UK’s Template Submission To The PIP Green Paper Consultation
10 July 2024 | News
... The Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability Green Paper is available from ...