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MPs hold WCA evidence session
10 June 2014 | News
... CBE, Benefits Director James Bolton, Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing Directorate Iain Walsh, Deputy ... The witnesses were: Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Health Market, Atos Dr Angela Graham, Clinical Director, Atos Healthcare Helen Hall, Head of Communications and Customer ...
NHS offer greater choice of care and more control for wheelchair users over their provision
17 May 2016 | News
... today sets out action to help people manage their own health by giving them more choice and control about the ... key schemes have been announced at the NHS England Personal Health Budget conference: Personal Health Budgets will replace the current wheelchair voucher ...
Blueprint for fundamental welfare reform for ‘getting people back into work’
24 July 2024 | News
... 2.8 million people are out of work due to disability or ill health Spending on sickness and disability benefits is set ... get more people into work, and on in their work. New work, health and skills plans for the economically inactive, led ... England , and” cutting NHS waiting lists to build the healthy society needed for a healthy economy” . The new ...
DBC and DPAC urge six week extension to Green Paper consultation response time
09 August 2021 | News
... about the consultation period for the recently published Health and Disability Green Paper. The Green Paper was ... The DBC and DPAC letter says: “Dear Mr Tomlinson RE: Health and Disability Green Paper consultation We are ... Against Cuts (DPAC), regarding the publication of the Health and Disability Green Paper and its short consultation ...
Almost half of food bank users have money taken by DWP from benefit payments
30 November 2020 | News
... to afford the essentials and can affect people’s mental health. More than half of households (53%) at food banks where someone was living with mental health problems reported they owed money to the government ... 30% of households which did not report anyone with mental health problems. The charity is urging the government to ...
Remploy disability awareness seminars for employers
09 April 2018 | News
... for employers to gain a greater insight into disability, health and the support available. Further details and ... Webinar and workshops currently available Supporting mental health in the workplace workshop Discover the support ... available to your employees through the Workplace Mental Health Support Service. Glasgow Wednesday 2 May Dundee ...
DR UK Stands in Solidarity with Disabled Palestinians
13 November 2023 | News
... these times. The disruptions to infrastructure, access to healthcare and basic services exacerbate existing barriers ... efforts. It is crucial that there is: 1. Access to Healthcare: Disabled individuals must have continuous access to healthcare services, including essential medications, ...
Vitamin D for shielders
01 December 2020 | News
... through the winter months. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said: “A number of ... opportunity to beat this virus.” The advice from Public Health England is for everybody to take 10 micrograms (400 ... between October and early March to keep bones and muscles healthy. Public Health England advises people who are more ...
Disability progress ‘littered with missed opportunities and failures’
02 April 2017 | News
... education and employment; barriers to access to transport, health services and housing; the persistent and widening ... across all impairment types, and for those with ‘mental health conditions’ and those with ‘physical ... were also less likely to own their own home. Accessing healthcare services is problematic for disabled people, and ...
Sign The Petition To Defend Vital Benefits For Disabled People Unable To Work
30 January 2024 | News
... need additional income as a result of disability or ill health. We’re worried about this for three reasons: ... many people who can’t work because of disability or ill health won’t be identified through the PIP assessment and ... thirds living in destitution have a long-term health condition or ...