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UK's Chief Medical Officers publish the first-ever guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people
16 February 2022 | News
... and young people to improve their physical and mental health throughout their lives. Brett Smith, Director of ... of a coherent and comprehensive policy framework for public health action. They are an important information resource, ... to help the public be physically active and improve health, including work tackling wider structural and social ...
Universal Credit: your claimant commitment and sanctions – new Public Law Project free advice resources
25 September 2019 | News
... The SSAC report also highlighted that people with mental health problems are less likely to feel that their ... Universal Credit: Homelessness Universal Credit: Mental health Universal Credit: Refugees If you would like to have ... training workshops for welfare rights advisers, mental health support workers, and people working in housing. It ...
Disabled people’s voices support Lords in defeating Government over ESA benefit cut
27 January 2016 | News
... work’. Real life isn’t like that. You may have a health condition that means you may be able to do some work ... of principle that people out of work for long periods for health-related reasons should receive a different level of support from job seekers with no health conditions – because over time, additional ...
Report Into Public Attitudes to Inequalities Launched
31 January 2024 | News
... about wealth and income inequalities, closely followed by health and educational inequalities; 62% also worry about ... Most think inequality has a negative impact on crime, health, self-esteem, and fair opportunities and rewards, but ... disability and ethnicity as well. Other inequalities - of health, education, political influence, and status and ...
Government plans to move Disabled people from institutions don’t go far enough
26 July 2022 | News
... The action plan confirms that reforms to the Mental Health Act will stop people with learning disabilities and autistic people without mental health issues, being covered by the Act. Minister for Care and Mental Health Gillian Keegan said: "For too long autistic people ...
Sense launches Covid Inquiry petition
07 September 2021 | News
... enough support. Two thirds of respondents say their mental health has got worse during the pandemic, with over half citing a deterioration in physical health. DR UK’s Head of Policy Fazilet Hadi said: ... overlooked and communications were largely inaccessible. Health bodies treated our lives as less valued, Disabled ...
Closing Disability Gaps at Work Conference
28 November 2016 | News
... the UK Government published Improving Lives – The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper and began a national consultation on work and health which will run until 17th February 2017. This timely ... Professor Carol Black, Diana Kloss (Council for Work and Health), Liz Sayce (Disability Rights UK), Huma Munshi ...
Election manifestos 2016: See what you voted for
03 May 2016 | News
... the ongoing implementation of the Bamford Review of Mental Health and Learning – various initiatives proposed. ... prescriptions. Social care Promote the vision for mental health and learning disability services outlined in the ... sufficient funds are made available to improve mental health services as set out in the Bamford Review and that ...
ONS Releases Data on Disabled People
01 December 2019 | News
Office for National Statistics Releases Data on Disabled People in the UK
Today (December 2) the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released a series of datasets exploring the experience of disabled people in the UK, drawn from existing surveys and datasets. The data covers 7 different areas:
Poll reveals extent of loneliness for Disabled people
26 March 2024 | News
... whether they are physical, developmental or mental-health related, being socially connected is associated with higher levels of self-rated mental health, health, and life satisfaction. “Belonging is our ...