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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Half a million Disabled people set to lose out when DWP scraps ‘work capability assessment test
31 July 2023 | News
... November. The plans, that were outlined in the March 2023 Health and Disability White Paper , will not be introduced ... payment (PIP). This would mean eligibility for the new “health element” of universal credit being decided through ... Those found not eligible for PIP would not receive the health element. The DWP says that those who see their ...
DR UK calls on NHS England to publish the review of the Accessible Information Standard
08 February 2023 | News
... and any communication support that they need from health and care services. The Standard is legally binding ... will take forward its recommendations. Our letter signed by Healthwatch England, Disability Rights UK, Mencap, Learning Disability England, National Voices, SignHealth, SeeAbility, Thomas Pocklington Trust and the RNIB ...
Disability Rights UK opposes the UK Supreme Court ruling on ‘biological sex’
17 April 2025 | News
... already place disproportionate barriers on accessing vital healthcare, and now this ruling also erodes their ... domestic abuse, sexual violence, etc. Spectra, Trans Health Advocacy Service – peer-run support for Trans people trying to access healthcare. The Outside Project – for Queer people ...
Government to trial offer of additional Work Coach support for claimants awaiting their work capability assessment
07 June 2022 | News
... for addressing some “short-to-medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. The Green Paper also ... for wider change to deliver on the objectives of the health and disability benefit system”. Speaking at a ... on 18 May the Minister for Disabled People said: “Our Health and Disability White Paper later this summer will ...
Stop Benefit Deaths campaign launched
28 June 2020 | News
Eighteen leading charities and mental health organisations, including Disability Rights UK, Mind, ... system. In many of the cases which have emerged mental health appears to be a significant factor, including in the ... co-signed by a wide range of charities and mental health organisations, is accompanied by the launch of a ...