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MPs call for complete ESA redesign
22 July 2014 | News
... Committee sees the purpose of ESA as helping claimants with health conditions and disabilities to move into employment ... of this process, DWP should reintroduce an assessment of health-related employment barriers now, and then incorporate ... something along the lines of the suspended work-focused health related assessment (WFHRA) “130. In this context, ...
DWP admits wrongly refusing PIP to record number of Disabled people
24 February 2022 | News
... of the reconsideration and tribunal systems on their mental health.” Over half (56%) of claims which were taken to ... get decisions right and all assessments are carried out by healthcare professionals trained to consider the impact of someone’s health condition or disability, but we are exploring what ...
Govt announces extension of Access to Work
15 July 2013 | News
... just published Employing disabled people and people with health conditions , available at ...
Our response to the Litchfield review
12 December 2013 | News
... poor standard of medical assessments carried out by Atos Healthcare Professionals. Instead, he advises that DWP ... BT and Barclays have long abandoned using pre-employment health questionnaires to test someone’s capabilities to ... format that facilitates better rapport, such as the Health Care Professional (HCP) and person being assessed ...
DPO Forum England: Benefits Green Paper Explained
09 April 2025 | News
... and Pensions) has written a green paper about the entire health and disability benefit system. This is called ... the WCA and creating a new single assessment for PIP and UC Health. The government is proposing to scrap the “work ... where your eligibility for any extra financial support for health conditions (including PIP, ESA or UC health) will be ...
Covid highlights social security system is “simply unfit for purpose”
26 January 2022 | News
... job, relationship breakdown, parenting and care work or ill health. “This was clear before the pandemic, but Covid-19 ... and everyday hardship are negatively impacting mental health . Endemic and sustained financial insecurity combined ...
Suicide rates record high amongst 15-19 year olds
06 October 2022 | News
... ever number of referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Figures to date show the number of ... a shocking picture of the state of young people's mental health in this country. This cannot go on. Government must ... record numbers of young people struggling with their mental health but without government support, they can only offer a ...
Millions of Pounds Held Up Every Month Due to Delays in PIP Reviews
17 August 2023 | News
... in the past six months were Disabled or had a long-term health condition. Citizens Advice’s latest report found ... The delivery of PIP is constrained by the number of health assessments that can be carried out. Between January ... decisions and so bypass the need for time-consuming health assessments; Make sure all increased PIP payments ...
Apply now to become a Trustee of Disability Rights UK
26 June 2024 | Opportunity
... lived experiences including: learning difficulties, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, deafness, hearing ... visual impairments, physical impairments and long-term health conditions. Please see the attached documents for ...
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29 June 2024 | Opportunity
... lived experiences including: learning difficulties, mental health conditions, neurodiversity, deafness, hearing ... visual impairments, physical impairments and long-term health conditions. Please see the attached documents for ...