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DR UK's Upcoming Webinar on Disability and Climate Change
30 June 2023 | News
... impacts of climate change – including threats to their health, food security, water, sanitation, and livelihood. ... the rise. Environmental Pollution is a major cause of ill health: creating childhood disability, impairing children’s health, diminishing their capacity to learn, and reducing ...
Tell MPs your experiences of applying for PIP and ESA
07 November 2021 | News
... benefits paid to disabled people and people with long-term health conditions , amid continuing concerns about the ... heard that the application and assessment processes for health-related benefits are often flawed, with a majority of ... on 0207 219 8976. DR UK’s submission to the Committee’s Health and benefits inquiry is available here . Tell MPs ...
BBC Panorama exposes abuse of patients
06 October 2022 | News
... its core therapeutic mission is being corrupted. Mental health charity Mind have called for a full statutory ... public inquiry into systemic failings of inpatient mental health services across England. Vicki Nash, Associate ... use of restraint and seclusion for people with mental health problems and autism." She states "We know these ...
DWP ignored ‘hugely alarming’ research that linked WCA with 600 suicides, MPs are told
27 June 2022 | News
... process to cause some very major adverse effects on mental health”. He added that while it was impossible to prove ... the WCA that could lead to increased risks of poor mental health”. He said that provisional results from a survey of ... who had been through a WCA said it had made their mental health worse, adding that it was "not sufficient just to say ...
Latest learning disabilities mortality statistics make for grim reading
03 May 2018 | News
... are treated so they get better support when it comes to health and social care. “It’s hard to see how this will happen when the Department of Health and NHS England seem so disinterested in tackling the ... integration (with appropriate security controls) of health and social care records to ensure that agencies can ...
Better Care Fund fails to deliver expected benefits for patients, the NHS or local authorities
07 February 2017 | News
Health and social care integration report. Read report The ... Audit Office warns that progress with integration of health and social care has, to date, been slower and less ... As a result, the government’s plan for integrated health and social care services across England by 2020 is at ...
Labour Force Survey analysis: disabled people
23 February 2015 | News
... Force Survey analysis of disabled people by region and main health problem covering Oct to Dec 2013 and Oct to Dec 2014 ... employment figures for those with disabilities or long term health conditions show a slight improvement in employment rates. Those with long term health conditions tend to do better than those with ...
Moving Social Work: Ensuring Physical Activity for Disabled People as a Human Right
29 October 2024 | News
... For many of us, physical activity isn't just about health; it’s about well-being, connection, and dignity. ... of staying active. It helps improve not only our physical health but also our mental, emotional, and even social ... is solely on managing immediate needs, while long-term health and well-being, including physical activity, are ...
People, Not Tick Boxes: Mind calls for rebuild of the disability benefits system
18 October 2020 | News
The mental health charity Mind has published a report that sets out what it has heard from hundreds of people with mental health problems, and sets out a case for five changes that ... to benefits like ESA and PIP made by people with mental health problems. When things go right it says, those ...
Disability Rights UK are Hiring!
14 June 2023 | Opportunity
... by and for people with lived experience of disability and health conditions. We wish to recruitan Executive Assistant ... who identify as being LGBTQIA2S+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class ...